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In_The_Wind

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1. kickin' it

Reply to AntiFascist (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:30 AM

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Rods from God: Space launched darts that strike like meteors [View all] AntiFascist Feb 2013 OP

kickin' it In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #1

This was originally conceived as "Project Thor" Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #20

The magnitude of the exploded target will be horrible. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #21

Actually, according to the studies it would be accurate up to 3 meters, but your right, the Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #22

my generation believed In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #23

I always thought your generation had the right idea Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #24

thank you. In my time I did volunteer work at the Merton Bubber House In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #25

We already can destroy every living thing on this planet newfie11 Feb 2013 #2

Um, this doesn't have anything to do with meteors in Russia, Cuba, and the Bay Area Matariki Feb 2013 #3

The meteor in the Bay Area was way overblown... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #4

Nope. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #9

What's the accuracy and what's the damage radius? DetlefK Feb 2013 #5

I'd expect GPS would get the Rod to the desired place. unhappycamper Feb 2013 #6

Knowing coordinates is futile if you have no steering wheel. DetlefK Feb 2013 #8

Maybe vanes attached to the rods that function as control surfaces? OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #15

This has been kicking around since the late 1950s... JHB Feb 2013 #7

That and there's no reason to believe a payload coming from orbit isn't nuclear Posteritatis Feb 2013 #10

The meteor that hit Chelyabinsk... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #11

It would, in fact, not be possible Posteritatis Feb 2013 #13

The main thing I question... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #14

That's pretty much coincidence with a dose of anxiety-mongering Posteritatis Feb 2013 #16

It was only a matter of time before you brought up the "tinfoil hat brigade"... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #17

Ah, so this is one of those "ignore any conflicting reality" discussions then. Oh well. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #18

The reality is simply this... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #19

Well, that'll certainly make drones obsolete...shouldn't that make everyone happy?.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #12

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