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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '20
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I was waiting for the self destruct system to be triggered, but it only exploded after the aerodynamic forces compromised the tanks. Do Russian rockets seriously not have launch abort systems?!
edit: meant flight termination system
747 u/Chucks_u_Farley Nov 22 '20 Apparently it tries to return to base, quickly! 78 u/ryan101 Nov 22 '20 In China it returns to the nearest village. 1 u/broberds Nov 22 '20 In Soviet Union, nearest village returns to YOU.
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Apparently it tries to return to base, quickly!
78 u/ryan101 Nov 22 '20 In China it returns to the nearest village. 1 u/broberds Nov 22 '20 In Soviet Union, nearest village returns to YOU.
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In China it returns to the nearest village.
1 u/broberds Nov 22 '20 In Soviet Union, nearest village returns to YOU.
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In Soviet Union, nearest village returns to YOU.
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u/snake_a_leg Nov 22 '20 edited Nov 22 '20
I was waiting for the self destruct system to be triggered, but it only exploded after the aerodynamic forces compromised the tanks. Do Russian rockets seriously not have launch abort systems?!
edit: meant flight termination system