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Missile defense multiple kill vehicle hover test
theworacle · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2021–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 11 other demo videos tagged Military history & warfare, the mean is 0.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.2× that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 0.5 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
17% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 1 minutes 36 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2008-12-08.
- Channel / speaker
- theworacle
- Verified runtime
- 1m 36s
- YouTube upload date
- 2008-12-08
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Military history & warfare. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missile defense multiple kill vehicle hover testCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 17% | — | 1m 36s | 2008-12-08 |
| Minuteman III attacks Kwajaleindemo · Eureka | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 7m 37s | 2008-12-12 |
| AK47 (AKM): Mud Testdemo · InRangeTV | 1 | 1 | 14% | No recorded overlap | 7m 45s | 2015-12-31 |
| AR15: Mud Testdemo · InRangeTV | 1 | 1 | 14% | No recorded overlap | 5m 3s | 2016-01-07 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Missile Defense Is NP-Complete”. Its short rationale: Interceptor test footage cited in argument about precision physics.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Disney's robots use rockets to stick the landing”. Its short rationale: Rocket-hover interceptor test, simple physics with impressive engineering.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “SpaceX will launch the X-37B on a Falcon Heavy rocket Dec. 7”. Its short rationale: Impressive kill vehicle hover demonstration.