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At Mach 7, the projectile should reach target in a bit under 2 1/2 minutes. Unless it is slowing down during that time. 6 minutes would mean an average speed of 2000 mph. The initial speed is 4900. Which means the terminal speed is much less than 2000 mph.
Finally, unless the thing is guided, I doubt you can hit anything at 200 miles. They are talking about GPS guidance, like the J-DAM.
And the reference to the guy with C-4? If you can stand off 50 miles, and still hit target 150 miles inland, that would be pretty good.
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