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From: jmc@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
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Subject: Re: Definition of 'Ballistic' in relation to SCUD
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Date: 4 Feb 91 06:42:52 GMT
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From: jmc@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)

If the laws of motion in vacuum apply to the SCUD, its maximum
altitude would be a quarter of its range.  In so far as lift is
used, the maximum altitude would be less.  My guess is that
it needs to avoid air resistance and therefore gets high enough
to that the vacuum equations apply.