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OldBuzzard

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If a bullet is fired from a high enough altitude, will it slow down to terminal velocity due to air resistance? Or will it pick up speed due to gravity? This is above my pay grade.
 

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If a bullet is fired from a high enough altitude, will it slow down to terminal velocity due to air resistance? Or will it pick up speed due to gravity? This is above my pay grade.
If it is fired up, wouldn’t the force of gravity be applied in the opposite direction?
 
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