To: Destro
"Rods from God," was technically "Project Thor" back in the 60s and I believe it was one of the programs Pournelle was involved in. The idea was to drop tens of thousands of smaller steel rods unguided into the Fulda Gap as the Soviet tanks came through.
So9
6 posted on
08/30/2003 4:59:10 PM PDT by
Servant of the Nine
(Real Texicans; we're grizzled, we're grumpy and we're armed)
To: Servant of the Nine
A tungsten rod bouncing around a hundreds of miles per hour inside a tank or bunker would be like a giant blender.
To: Servant of the Nine
Later called "flying crowbars"
energy is energy - no matter how it is delivered
43 posted on
08/30/2003 7:45:14 PM PDT by
ASOC
To: Servant of the Nine
I didn't know they had a Gap in Fulda... can you buy boxers and pants there???
53 posted on
08/30/2003 8:02:13 PM PDT by
Porterville
(I spell stuff wrong sometimes.... get over yourself, you're not that great.)
To: Servant of the Nine
"Rods from God," was technically "Project Thor" back in the 60s and I believe it was one of the programs Pournelle was involved in. The idea was to drop tens of thousands of smaller steel rods unguided into the Fulda Gap as the Soviet tanks came through.Thats' what I hear, from the late 70s.
72 posted on
08/30/2003 9:40:36 PM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: Servant of the Nine
"Rods from God," was technically "Project Thor" back in the 60s... Did they change the name because "Project Thor" didn't sound enough like a porn movie?
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