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To: BenLurkin

Rods from God

Nothing else comes close.


2 posted on 07/30/2016 11:05:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (q)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Thor !!!!!!!


3 posted on 07/30/2016 11:07:10 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: ClearCase_guy

From Wikipedia:

The system most often described is “an orbiting tungsten telephone pole with small fins and a computer in the back for guidance”. The system described in the 2003 United States Air Force report was that of 20-foot-long (6.1 m), 1-foot-diameter (0.30 m) tungsten rods, that are satellite controlled, and have global strike capability, with impact speeds of Mach 10.

The time between deorbit and impact would only be a few minutes, and depending on the orbits and positions in the orbits, the system would have a world-wide range. There would be no need to deploy missiles, aircraft or other vehicles


4 posted on 07/30/2016 11:07:47 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (q)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ya beat me to it.


8 posted on 07/30/2016 11:25:26 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Rods from God

Nothing else comes close.”

Oh yeah, how about anti-matter weapons?


13 posted on 07/30/2016 11:47:48 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: ClearCase_guy

Absolutely!

A 3” rod, 3 feet long, dropped from space packs about 12 kilotons of energy. And you can store a LOT of those rods in a very small space! Something the size of a refrigerator could hold 100 units. That’s a megaton of highly directed energy that will strike individual buildings, sites, etc.

And zero fallout to deal with!


14 posted on 07/30/2016 11:52:10 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan
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