What happens to the wire after launching a fly-by-wire missile?

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What happens to the wire after launching a fly-by-wire missile?

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I worked on a consulting project in the live fire area at Fort Cavazos (was Fort Hood) long time ago. It amazed me how much thin copper wire was laying around on the ground. Miles of it. It was everywhere.

Found all kinds of interesting shit wandering around that place. One of the guys working with me walked up holding this long piece of metal maybe 2 inches in diameter. He was talking about how heavy it was. It was of course a depleted uranium armor piercing tank round. He looked really puzzled when I told him to put it down and get it the fuck away from his balls.

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