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Originally Posted by robj3
I'm using TM1-1 3d. ed (1985).
p.4 and 5 specifically refer to MIRVs in the 'Russian nuclear missile data' table and the following section 'MIRV Impacts'.
Rob
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The pictures in the book are wrong. A MIRV will not be used in this fashion. MRV maybe, but that is only 1 missile SS-11M3 was in this configuration. I could see a few warheads used to bracket a target, but the patterns shown would not be used as it is a big waste of the potential targets the bus could target along the flight path.
A typical MIRV pattern would be 100 miles to eitherside along the track of the bus. The missile fields maybe would get patterns like this (but that is what the big 20 MT warheads where for), but they really need to be timed as to not Interfere with the previous dentations. Patterns would need to be developed to help support and boost the dentations blast waves as they move out.