Originally posted by Wertdagf
if you sprayed a liquid metal from the missle as it spiraled is there any way that the liquid metal mist could react in the upperatmosphere to prevent interception? Thats all i can think of.edit on 17-12-2011 by Wertdagf because: (no reason given)
I have no idea if the above is even remotely possible, however the Bulava
... carries a warhead shielded against both physical and Electromagnetic pulse damage. The Bulava is designed to be capable of surviving a nuclear blast at a minimum distance of 500 meters.
What sort of physical shielding e.g. outer casing material would be required to allow a missile to come within 500 metres of a nuclear detonation and still continue to functional normally ? and how heavy would that have to be ?
What about withstanding a "physical" pulse ?
The above sounds like something a little bit more advanced then just a thicker skin on the missile.
edit on 17/12/11 by tauristercus because:
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