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AOC wants supporters to laugh at MAGA men starting with Stephen Miller who she claims is upset about his height (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An artillery shell is a ballistic missile.

No, missiles have a motor.

A patriot missile can shoot down an airplane, but they have never been used against airliners. I don’t think the iron dome has ever even been deployed against aircraft.

Not am I aware of, no.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe there's some military specifics I don't understand, but ballistic basically means unguided, and a missile is either a self propelled projectile or a forcibly propelled projectile. Wouldn't that include artillery? Like an arrow can be called a missile, that's where the term comes from.

[–] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A missile has to be self-propelled.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It can historically refer to any weapon which is shot or propelled towards a target; slings, arrows, magic missile, etc. but I guess that would be confusing with all the modern ordinance in use.