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A space based system doesn't need to be nuclear. Enough mass brought down from orbit on a specific target can be devastating without explosives. Imagine that i
by mmcconnell1618 10y ago
A space based system doesn't need to be nuclear. Enough mass brought down from orbit on a specific target can be devastating without explosives.
Imagine that instead of flying a drone over your enemy with a missile, you instead launch a steel rod from space directly into their vehicle. Same destruction, no drone to alert them, you can target anywhere on earth.
- Dylan16807 10y agoIt takes so much energy to bring a rod out of orbit. Not a good weapon.
- JshWright 10y agoDeorbiting something from low earth orbit takes a few hundred m/s of acceleration. That's roughly the same amount of acceleration an artillery projectile experiences. That's obviously not a trivial amount of energy, but it's not crazy.