Fully Guided LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM

@SkunkWerkX yeah that’s what I said, the program waits until the impact point’s distance to the target point is within 100km to cutoff the engines, but if the target point is less than 100km, then it will immediately cutoff the engines once it starts pitching over. I recommend the DSC to ALI

It has terrain limiting issues:)

@Luc3s between the Ali Base and Pad is a decent distance. I assumed the shortened staging would have no problem. What I noticed happening on shorter target distances is the first stage separation is still igniting then shortly after the second stage is lit while the first is still pushing it causing some really weird aerodynamic ballet that throws the targeting off as well. It seems like the launch vehicle has a problem gaining altitude and maintaining when dialing in a closer target that is within the 75 km

@SkunkWerkX I really never tried to launch and target the launch site you just launched from, since that kinda defeats the purpose of an icbm. But what do you mean by prematurely? The code waits until the distance between the impact position and the target coordinates is less than 100km, then it explodes the engines, and then it waits until apoapsis to do final corrections. So if you target the same point you launch from, it will immediately explode the craft, since it is less than 100km

I have noticed target drift. The smaller the target location is the less accurate. I launched from Ali base to hit the Ali pad coordinates and the craft exploded prematurely at the halfway point and the target location was drifting with the planets orbit it looked like

@Luc3s Maybe some improvements here and there then it will be good. For example, find a way to make the warheads detach from the bus before entering the atmosphere. Otherwise, its nearly there imo

@OverCAT83 In a good way?

Interesting

Minuteman III!!!!!!! I just watched a new video over this about a guy talking about all the nuclear stuff in the US. I’ve been waiting for this!