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Engineers patent limited-range projectile to reduce collateral damage

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Three employees of the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, or ARDEC, were awarded with a U.S. patent for their proof of concept work on a ...
The Times of Israel

Vessel struck by unknown projectile northwest of UAE’s Mina Saqr — maritime security agency

A vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile 17 nautical miles northwest of the United Arab Emirates’ Mina Saqr in the ...
Wired

Maximum range in projectile motion

Oh yes. I know I already did this. However, it was a long time ago with crappy looking graphs. I can do better. The textbooks say that the maximum range for projectile motion (with no air resistance) ...
Wired

Modeling the Maximum Range of a Projectile

I’ve started recreating many of my numerical model tutorials for introductory physics. In the beginning, I had students use spreadsheets to create models. Of course, spreadsheets aren’t very good for ...
Nature

Projectile remnants in central peaks of lunar impact craters

Figure 1: Formation of Copernicus crater by a low-speed impact. Figure 3: Impact velocity distribution on the Moon. The planetary geology community has not previously considered the possibility that ...