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"Rods from God" https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-rods-from-god-kinetic-weapon-hit-with-nuclear-weapon-force-2017-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/air-

• sgift 6y ago
  You're comparing a theoretical idea (though it is a popular trope in near future science fiction) with an actual test of an existing system. I can also dream up many space weapons, that doesn't make it equivalent to building and using one.
  • YarickR2 6y ago
    Yet US built and used exactly the system described in an article - space shuttle, capable to maneuver in orbit and work on satellites
    • hnmonkey 6y ago
      But the article doesn't actually say that at all... It explicitly says the US didn't build such a capability in space.