Hi, Mark Lewis!
I read your message from 14.08.2019 03:22

  ak>> That rocket had a small isotope generator (rocket weight is
  ak>> very important, it can't afford a big one). The main
  ak>> environment damage was caused by very toxic rocket fuel.

  ml> rocket or missle? they're two very different things... some
  ml> sources say it was a new type of cruise missle...

I read there is no much difference between them
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A rocket is so called on the basis of its mode of self-propulsion. A 
missile is so called on the basis of its being propelled, by a rocket 
engine or otherwise, for the purpose of doing damage, as a weapon. The 
two categories overlap considerably, since rockets are commonly used as 
propulsion for missiles, with or without in-flight guidance systems. Put 
an explosive warhead on top of an Atlas rocket, and launch it at an 
enemy (or practice target), the whole assembly becomes a missile. Put a 
Mercury capsule on top with John Glenn inside, it is a rocket but not a 
missile.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/185955/what-is-the-difference-between-a-rocket-and-a-missile
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According this definition it was a missile propelled by a 
liquid-propellant rocket (at least during first stage of the flight).

Bye, Mark!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2019

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