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Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:56 AM

Sep 2014

Some missiles explode before impact in order to increase probability of a successful intercept.

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What is a "High Energy Object"? [View all] napi21 Sep 2014 OP

Anti aircraft missiles like the Buk sharp_stick Sep 2014 #1

Something that has been accelerated to a high speed jeff47 Sep 2014 #2

OK. I thought of that too, but why is the notice so vague? napi21 Sep 2014 #6

The Ukrainian rebels have surface to air missile systems. nt hack89 Sep 2014 #9

It's not vague. That is the technical term. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #11

Posters 1 and 2 beat me to it. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #4

An object. With energy. randome Sep 2014 #5

Fragments from a missile warhead would be high energy objects. nt hack89 Sep 2014 #7

+1 tammywammy Sep 2014 #13

Solid masses traveling at high rates of speed. Xithras Sep 2014 #10

My guess was going to be...My toddler at 6am NightWatcher Sep 2014 #12