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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A Problem To Solve :-)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:46:53 -0500
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On 4/2/24 16:36, Farley Flud wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 13:40:47 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
>>
>> 1- what would be the coordinates of the point in the sky, that the
>> missile with the weakest warhead needs to explode at, at time (t
>> -delta), to damage all those 5 fighter jets critically enough, by the
>> time t?
>>
> 
> If the warhead explodes at time t, the shock wave can only spread outward
> at the speed of sound.  Thus any blast effect would be well past t.
> 
> However, if the warhead was a nuke, the blast wave would still be limited
> to the speed of sound but other EM effects, such as X-Rays, would travel
> at the speed of light.  Intense X-Rays could potentially incapacitate the
> pilots and EM effects could fry the aircraft circuitry -- all at time t.
> 
> However, Mr. Pennino also has valid points.
> 
> I still do not understand your problem and that is why I jumped immediately
> to the "minimum enclosing sphere" solution, which would work for a nuclear
> warhead designed for radiation kill.
> 


Hehe ;) I didn't suggest it as a physics problem (that's another blog 
that's still essentially ongoing with a different subject header).

If the physics of it sounds non-practical, then so be it. Just forget 
it. Or as you suggested make the warhead a nuke and the damaging factor 
the EMP.