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But the bullet will still hit the plane following you at roughly 1700mph (you could say, the plane will crash into the bullet at that speed, but it‘s the same result), because it‘s also moving at Mach 3.


Good luck trying a Cobra with a Blavkbird, a plane that needs a third of the US to make a 180 turn at full speed.




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