For Jim And Doug......

[ToraToraTora]

explain how a missile launched to hover until the target comes around would work.

[naomi24]

TTT, it was a joke.

[jim360]

Consider a joke flying way over your head at 500 metres per second...

[douglas9401]

You are Donald Trump and I claim my five pounds!

[ToraToraTora]

It's not a joke, doug has put this theory forward before with planes etc, he believes it and I just got a rollicking from jim so it can't be a joke.

[douglas9401]

Tora, I'm just not that bright I'm afraid, nice to meet a fellow sufferer.

[naomi24]

TTT, Douglas jokes. He's always joking. It was a joke.

[ToraToraTora]

that's what people say to cover up this sort of howler naomi.

[jno]

not exactly flying, jim, just hovering, idling in neutral, and waiting for TTT to move on.

[naomi24]

TTT, not in this case. Come on, be sensible. Who would ever believe that? Douglas is far from stupid. It was a joke - really it was. Give it up.

[ToraToraTora]

then he did the same "joke" the other week when we were talking about hypersonic planes.

[jackthehat]

I think MENSA may be contacting you soon, TGT, and asking for your membership card back....

[jim360]

The third Rule of AB Debate states that if both me and Naomi agree on something then it's a pretty good sign that it's unambiguously correct.

As a corollary, a joke is certainly funny if we both laugh at it. For example, this post is not necessarily funny at all.

[ToraToraTora]

gawd elp us JTT has stirred!

[ToraToraTora]

ok doug explain to me why it would not work.

[naomi24]

^ :o/

[EDDIE51]

Missiles can not hover it is impossible. They are rocket's, engine stops rocket drops to Earth it really is that simple.
You may be thinking of orbital bombs, they are placed in orbit above the Earth like a satellite. At the right time you fire the thrusters to bring it out of orbit and reenter the atmosphere where you want them to come down. Like the space shuttle but with a bomb on board. At the moment they are banned by international treaty.