Draft:Rapid unscheduled disassembly

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Rapid unscheduled disassembly of the Orb-3 Antares launch vehicle

Rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD, rapid unplanned disassembly, among other variants) is an engineering euphemism referring to the catastrophic failure of a vehicle (e.g. aircraft, spacecraft, rocket) in flight.