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Contract SpaceX to bring the rods into orbit, then bill per strike. KBaaS, disrupting warfare since 2017. Back of the envelope calculation: rods with length of
by literallycancer 10y ago
Contract SpaceX to bring the rods into orbit, then bill per strike. KBaaS, disrupting warfare since 2017.
Back of the envelope calculation: rods with length of 6m and radius of 5cm weight little over 900kg. Falcon 9 can bring 22.8 tons to LEO. So we can get up about 24 of these in one go. If we want to use the USAF dimensions of 6.1m and radius of 0.15m, then it's only 2 of them, maybe 3 with some adjustments to the rocket.