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		alluro2 on April 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develo... 9G shouldn't be a problem at all, from a material standpoint. Missiles go to 100G, and F1 engine pistons withstand 8.600G (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force).

mkl on April 25, 2024 | [–]

To clarify, that's 8600g, not 8.6g.

Also in that table: Acceleration of a nematocyst: the fastest recorded acceleration from any biological entity. 5,410,000 g!

fennecbutt on April 26, 2024 | [–]

Ah the list sorts alphabetically and not numerically, looks like.

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