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Penetrator impact into ice

Date: 19 August 2013
Copyright: Qinetiq and ESA
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High-speed (341m/s) penetrator impact into ice. The first two sequences show the test in real time, from two different angles; the subsequent sequences are in slow motion.

The test was carried out at the rocket sled test facility at the Military of Defence Pendine site in Wales, United Kingdom on 11 July, 2013.

Last Update: 1 September 2019