OT - Range Report: Spy Satellite Shoot-Down

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:42 pm

Raw DOJ video showing missile launch and intercept of the school bus sized (NRO?) satellite reported to be traveling at 17,000MPH (~25,000 FPS?). It's been described as shooting down a bullet with another bullet. Hmmm... how much Unique to you figure it would take to get a .45c 250gn cast lead up to 25,000FPS??? Might have to go to a 7.5" barrel instead of the 5.5"...

Tom

Space Shoot Down Video

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:02 pm

Thankfully they successfully intercepted it. Given the proper support, our military can do amazing things. There was much talk on radio this morning of the implications of a miss.

I have to agree with many that the shoot down was less about a container of Hydrazine re-entering the atmosphere and more about showing "others" that were watching that we can and will shoot down things that may get lobbed our way.

Fine work.

PPpastordon · Post by **PPpastordon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:17 pm

Go Navy!

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:19 pm

don TomÃ¡s wrote:Hmmm... how much Unique to you figure it would take to get a .45c 250gn cast lead up to 25,000FPS??? Might have to go to a 7.5" barrel instead of the 5.5"...
Tom

It's probably listed as a Ruger/TC ONLY load...

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:50 pm

That's a heck of a wing shot!!!

geobru · Post by **geobru** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:56 pm

I wonder how much lead they had on that bird??

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:28 am

well the chinese did it and now the americans have. Any bets on how long it will take the ruskis to have a go at proving they can do it too?
Who else will get in on the starwars race?

tman · Post by **tman** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:23 pm

COOL! thank you! but is it enough to stop a brown bear charge?

kirkwood · Post by **kirkwood** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:25 pm

gundownunder wrote:well the chinese did it and now the americans have. Any bets on how long it will take the ruskis to have a go at proving they can do it too?
Who else will get in on the starwars race?

The US Air Force did it first over 20 years ago. An F-15 from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., shot down a solar observatory satellite with an ASM-135 ASAT on Sept. 13, 1985, the only time a satellite has been destroyed by an air-launched missile.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:19 am

I doubt that had anything to do with the fuel tank. They had to destroy the sensor package to be certain that clinton couldn't give it to the chinese.

Grizz

Post by **Hobie** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:34 am

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:41 pm

Guess they can do it!

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:28 am

don TomÃ¡s wrote:Hmmm... how much Unique to you figure it would take to get a .45c 250gn cast lead up to 25,000FPS??? Might have to go to a 7.5" barrel instead of the 5.5"...
Tom

Space Shoot Down Video

According to my calculations...
25,000 fps
347,000 ft./lbs. of energy
7,355 grains of Unique
In a 48 oz. revolver the recoil would be approximately 40,631 ft./lbs.
The killing power at the muzzle would be 9,150
The bullet would penetrate over 12 feet of ballistic gelatin
The wound volume would be over 6 cu. feet

All from a 5.5" Colt SAA

Caution: This is a maximum load. Start low and gradually work up.

Also, the load would have to be compressed a little.

bogie

Slick · Post by **Slick** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:05 am

Rimfire McNutjob wrote: There was much talk on radio this morning of the implications of a miss.

+1.............There's nothing like 'serving notice" when other counties are following thier respective adgendas.

Sometimes I think they forget that we were prancing around on the moon around 40 years ago (when they're just now working up a travel plan!)

Big Bore 94 · Post by **Big Bore 94** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:35 am

TARGET, CEASE FIRE.

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