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Re:How Airbus Took Off by saubeidl on Sunday November 09, 2025 @09:02AM (#45865667)
I wouldn't exactly call the world's fastest ballistic missile (Mach 25!) a legacy product...
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Re:How Airbus Took Off by rbanffy on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:42PM (#45867391)
That kind of delta-v makes it almost an orbital launcher.
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Re:How Airbus Took Off by holoduke on Sunday November 09, 2025 @01:24PM (#45867779)
It's just an orbital launch vehicle. Something the US can produce by dozens per day it needed. Whereas the French have a stockpile which is no more than 50 with a production rate of maybe 1 or 2 per month.
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Re:How Airbus Took Off by saubeidl on Sunday November 09, 2025 @01:40PM (#45867930)
The US one is slower...
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