A video of the test launch
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Missiles and drones are democratizing warfare.
Imagine if we all put our heads together to explore the wonders of the universe instead of firing explody rockets at eachother.
unfortunaty large parts of our "exploring the wonders of the universe" has been developed from "firing explody rockets at eachother."
Sure. But imagine if we actually dedicated our energy towards it instead of doing it as a side effect
Yeah no disagreement.
My comment was more being practical. IE the real world we live in. If it was not for conflict ( first ww2 then cold war ). Rockets and space travel would never have seen the funding needed to develop. This goes on the pretty much everything - GPS, communications, weather n and on. All of it was funded mainly due to the military.
Without that it is hard if not impossible to imagine the wealthy considering the investment in tech worthwhile. And at the end of it. Real world the desire for the rich to protect or grow their position is the cause of all the above throughout history.
Honestly, I'm not saying this is a good thing, it's fucking depressing.
But without war. I doubt the world would have moved past feudalism. There just would not be the motivation to change.
1000 km and 5000 seconds. Doesn't seem very capable of hitting much, unless it flew intentionally a very high arc.
Love the solid rocket exhaust aesthetics though. Too bad it is produced as a weapon.
ICBM tests do fly in a very high arc though, the point is to test the range while making it clear that no one should be worried about it striking them.