To: Neil E. Wright
More interesting is this ... if you click the link at the end of the article.. "Top ten Space weapons" you'll find this at # # ... X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV)
Scheduled for a test flight on April 20, 2010, the reusable robotic X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is a small space shuttle-like craft developed by the US Air Force.
If such a reusable space plane becomes feasible, it will offer unheard-of capabilities for launch on-demand, surprise, and flexibility.
If those benefits aren't enough, the space plane may be outfitted with a weapon to drop tungsten rods on Earth targets from outer space, the so-called "Rods from God." Makes you wonder 'bout those explosions in Iran ......
8 posted on
11/30/2011 3:17:47 PM PST by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Robe
Maybe crow bars, but the payload bay is too small for anything huge.
13 posted on
11/30/2011 3:23:34 PM PST by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Robe
LOL, your hat fell down over your eye. The thing is up there because they have a glitch, working on it, they do call it an experiment. This little thing is 29 feet long, the space shuttle 122 feet.
16 posted on
11/30/2011 3:29:30 PM PST by
org.whodat
(Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and his fellow supporters.)
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