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To: bitt
JUST IN - Powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake just hit #Qinghai in China

Note that they are ALL exactly 10.0 km deep.

This is apparently the "detonation" depth of Rods of God.

186 posted on 05/21/2021 3:31:37 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: C210N

https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/these-air-force-rods-from-god-could-hit-with-the-force-of-a-nuclear-weapon/

“Instead of hundreds of small projectiles from a few thousand feet, Thor used a large projectile from a few thousand miles above the Earth. The “rods from God” idea was a bundle of telephone-pole sized (20 feet long, one foot in diameter) tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching a speed of up to ten times the speed of sound.

The rod itself would penetrate hundreds of feet into the Earth, destroying any potential hardened bunkers or secret underground sites. More than that, when the rod hits, the explosion would be on par with the magnitude of a ground-penetrating nuclear weapon – but with no fallout.

It would take 15 minutes to destroy a target with such a weapon.”

More at:

https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god/


238 posted on 05/21/2021 7:09:16 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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