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To: painter

See my previous post... :)

A single, 3” diameter, 36” long rod of tungsten dropped from orbit would pack about the same energy as 12 kilotons of TNT. That’s about 2.5 times the energy of the Tim McVeigh van bomb in Oklahoma City.

It’s a big boom.


15 posted on 07/30/2016 11:55:46 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan
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To: Shanghai Dan

WOW


19 posted on 07/30/2016 12:34:02 PM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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