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machI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 02:47 PM
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41. 'very same spot on the planet at the very same time' probably more common than one would think
It is called a "Pre-surveyed launch position" which means all the complex missile trajectories have been calculated for this launch position in advance. This includes gravitational anomalies in the Earth's density and variation in the flux density of the Earth's magnetic field have been included in the calculations.

Typically it would be a spot where the undersea currents are steady and predictable over extended periods of time.

It must be a good spot for two boomers to be hanging out there at the same time.
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