Hard launch
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Hard launch
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Hard launching is when a guided missile's rocket engine is ignited while still inside the launch assembly, silo, or tube. Although technically simpler than soft launching, its disadvantage is that the missile silo has to be more resilient to damage. The Soviets pioneered soft launches as a low-cost method. Soft launching has to overcome the difficulty of first expelling the projectile from the silo passively. Only after the missile completely clears the silo can the engine be ignited. Usually, s
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