Could You Stop A Missile With A Tornado?

[Red Squirrel]

I was thinking maybe a tornado could disrupt the trajectory of a missile, what do you think?

 

[pete6032]

No, missiles travel much faster than the windspeed of a tornado.

 

[biostud]

It depends. Is the missile on a treadmill?

 

[Fenixgoon]

It depends. Is the missile on a treadmill?

Is the treadmill inside the tornado? What if the treadmill speed is the same as the windspeed of the tornado?

 

[nakedfrog]

If it's within a factor of 0.999999 repeating...

 

[sdifox]

Only if it is filled with raw sewage

 

[pmv]

-nm-

(decided too serious a topic to get into)

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Is Slim Pickens riding it?

 

[Charmonium]

Is Slim Pickens riding it?

 

[kage69]

No, missiles travel much faster than the windspeed of a tornado.

I'm not sure it's a simple matter of what is traveling fastest. A tornado represents significant and rapid changes in air pressure and buffeting not present in normal flight. There's usually all kinds of debris swirling around inside a tornado as well. Frag does work to smack missiles aside, see APS protection for tanks and vehicles.

If it's just a matter of velocity why do bullets have their courses altered when impacting stationary objects? Shouldn't the bullet ignore the target's presence because it's traveling much faster?

If a Sidewinder were somehow lobbed at the base of an F5 I wouldn't expect it to simply pass through unscathed.IMO. Mythbusters reunion needed here, clearly.

 

[Charmonium]

IDK. Can a WC-130J fly thru a hurricane?

Now you know

 

[Charmonium]

A missile won't work. You need tanks of propane and shotgun

 

[kage69]

The slow blade penetrates the shield...