[airborne]

Wouldn’t it be better to nudge it into a safer trajectory?

[BenLurkin]

Easier too, I suspect.

[djf]

Yup.

[shotgun]

I understand the whole theory of blowing it up, but it seems to me that a surface detonation would produce a directional force/thrust and cause a change in trajectory. Obviously the location of the surface blast would need to be located to push it in the desired direction.