r/PublicFreakout • u/SpriteSilver6 • Oct 01 '24

🌎 World Events Missile impacts in Israel

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u/jabronified Oct 02 '24

last time for iran mostly sent slow moving drones. but yes, the difference is these are ballistic missiles and a lot of them

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u/Neither-Luck-9295 Oct 02 '24

What's the difference between a ballistic missile and a regular one?

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u/ddd615 Oct 02 '24

I just googled it. Apparently a ballistic missile is only powered during the beginning of it's flight. (Think of ICBM's being rocketed to space or a high altitude before falling back to earth at their target.)

Regular missiles apparently are powered throughout their flight.

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u/NeverTrustATurtle Oct 02 '24

ICBMs are ballistic missiles, that’s the BM part. The IC means inter continental range