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> ready to drop kinetic warheads from orbit I don't think those are a thing. It's so much easier and cheaper and faster to launch things from the ground (or wa
by kleer001 4y ago
> ready to drop kinetic warheads from orbit
I don't think those are a thing. It's so much easier and cheaper and faster to launch things from the ground (or water).
- ActorNightly 4y agoYes but putting a bunch of tungsten rods with basic guidance into orbit on a payload is cheaper then dealing with missile systems, and also allows you to have a first strike capability that will be not readily detected like a missile
- kleer001 4y agohere's a pop-sci whole thing about the feasibility of orbital based defense/offense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_n1FZaKzF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_n1FZaKzF8 tl:dr they're crazy expensive, impossible to aim, and you'd need lots of them to be the coverage of a ground based setup