Super Pointy Sprint Missile - 0 to Mach 10 in 15 Seconds - 100Gs & 6000°F

Why HN readers recommended it

Shared in hypersonic and missile threads as a compact, impressive overview of what Sprint achieved in the 1960s.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Dark Footage

Topic

sprint missile

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• You beat me to it! This timecoded link shows the launch sequence of the Sprint with a tracking shot of the vehicle itself. Pretty remarkable watching it start to glow white: [VIDEO] I think this is the first video on that channel where the subject …

• Cool video of the (hypersonic) Sprint anti-ballistic missile, designed to intercept incoming ICBMs once they get below the ionosphere and are more visible to radar: [VIDEO] It looks fake. I'm bummed I'll likely never see something like that in person...at least in a test.

• Here's a 6 minute video explaining the sprint missile for those unaware and interested (rather fascinating technology for the 70s) [VIDEO]