In Iron Man 2, the ExWife fizzles out when used on Vanko. The duo chastises Hammer’s inferior tech, but it actually failed because Rhodes was standing still, and too close. The ExWife is a “Kinetic-kill” missile, which requires the added velocity of its supersonic firer, and time to get up to speed.

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image showing In Iron Man 2, the ExWife fizzles out when used on Vanko. The duo chastises Hammer’s inferior tech, but it actually failed because Rhodes was standing still, and too close. The ExWife is a “Kinetic-kill” missile, which requires the added velocity of its supersonic firer, and time to get up to speed.

GitEmSteveDave on April 29th, 2019 at 02:34 UTC »

So why did the system even attempt to fire it?

electrocats on April 29th, 2019 at 02:55 UTC »

These are the Cubans, baby. This is the Cohibas, the Montecristos. This is a kinetic-kill, side-winder vehicle with a secondary cyclotrimethlyenetrinitamine DX burst. It’s capable of busting the bunker under the bunker you just busted. If it were any smarter, it would write a book. A book that would make Ulysses look like it was written in crayon. It would read it to you. This is my Eiffel Tower. This is my Rachmaninoff’s Third. My Pieta. It’s completely elegant. It’s bafflingly beautiful. And it’s capable of reducing the population of any standing structure to zero. I call it the Ex-Wife.

TheOddEyes on April 29th, 2019 at 05:43 UTC »

There was in alternate ending to Iron Man 2 where Rhodes uses the ExWife to kill Vanko and cause a big explosion