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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2017 · 3 MIN

What sound does a falling missile make?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

Listener George wondered why, in films, missiles make a descending sound as they fall? And what would it sound like if it fell into a bottomless pit? Izzie Clarke asked Peter Main from King's College London to explain what actually happens... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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