• icelimit@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      Torpedos, sure but I’m impressed that the wire in fly by wire missiles can withstand the fire coming out the back. Even if placed away, they’d still be in the jet stream.

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        The wire is glass fibre optic so I guess whatever temperatures glass can withstand for the brief moment that segment of the wire is near the heat - remember it’s continually extending cable