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My question is are ascent speeds greater than descent speeds(before reentry) in a space enviornment. I am just talking about midcourse phase.

What is the difference between radial and tangential?

So if the launch vehicles final boost is Mach 20 what decrease usually would it have at apogee? By the time it its almost about to reach the atmosphere does it going to Mach 20 again?

Question on suborbital flight and ballistic missiles. When they are in space, past 100 km above the surface of Earth where there is little air, when it's in the ballistic arc, past apogee does it slow down when it drops or speeds up due to gravitational acceleration without drag? I Am talking...

I am saying using an Nuclear ABM to stop a ICBM, not stationing a nuke on satellite. That would be too deescalating. Orbital nukes have one problem. Hacking. You need some sort of computer device to release it. ICBM fleets are HIGHLY regulated using very old technology to prevent any sort of...

I did research and a nuclear blast can be 100,000,000° Celsius from the fireball. The Space shuttle design is for temperatures of around 1600 C. But is the diameter of the heat blast greater in space due to lack of atmosphere to stop the thermal radiation? Are you ionizing radiation produces...

Since you can't really start fires in space, do metals just melt from the heat? How atmospheric reentry heat compare to nuclear radiation heat?

Yeah thanks for the correction. What about the blast since there is no air or little air? Also most nuclear explosions generate heat hotter than sun correct? How does it compare a warhead designed for atmospheric reentry?

No I am talking about nuclear explosions in space. There is no atmosphere in space so little thermal radiation.

Missile Defense has been a big thing over the past decades to one day stop Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. (ICBMs)Today's Missile Defense system is limited and the only defense against ICBMs is Mutually Assured Destruction. But that may change in the future. Early programs like Nike Zeus...

I am ignoring the motor. Air Air missiles loose their fuel once they are burned out and they are moving at their max speeds and descanting. Burnout usually happens at 9 secs and at Mach 4 at high altiutdes(15-20 km) So I want to focus on the trajectory there. Air resistance matters a lot...

Yeah I just want to the the physics of the missile, not the top secret stuff. I looked at this calculator. http://www.mrmont.com/teachers/physicsteachershelper-proj.html Is there a calculator to measure the change of speed of an object while in its trajectory. For example if you throw a...

Hey I am trying to tweak a Fighter jet game to make it more realistic. I am trying to the US Air Force AIM-120D AMRAAM missile like what it can do in real life. The question is what is the effective range of the missile against a maneuvering target or evading target, for a fighter let say 6Gs...