Cited on HN 3 times, 2010–2026, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Linked in missile defense threads as a striking illustration of the Sprint's acceleration and its interception tests.
Short footage of a Sprint missile from the 1970s Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system launching. The uploader notes the video is not sped up and that this is how fast it takes off.
The real life US missile defense systems was pretty awesome - particularly the Sprint missile (0 to Mach 10 in 5 seconds!): [link] Video of a Sprint intercepting a RV: [this video]
Footage of a Sprint missile intercepting a reentry vehicle.
Everyone keeps saying that Sprint was a nuke. That is true. However, it also scored some kinetic kills during testing at Kwajalein. [this video] I'm pretty sure that improvements in sensing, computation, actuation, and conventional warhead design over the past 50 years could have produced a reliable hit-to-kill Sprint. And in fact, some research was done on such a vehicle, the McDonnell-Douglas HEDI. [link]
Sprint scored kinetic kills in testing at Kwajalein.
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