Project Thor

[ATCclears]

These Air Force 'rods from God' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon

The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed or used from Earth's orbit. What they didn't count on was the U.S. Air Force's most simple weapon ever: a tungsten rod that cou…

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[The Heretic]

Yes, take a hardened chisel or punch about 4 inches long and launch it from space to hit a tank. It might go thru it - not sure if it would survive re-entry at speed. Make it from tungsten carbide, probably go thru the tank. If it was guided and/or smart, it would be deadly. No one would be safe.

But we already have penetrating bunker buster bombs - maybe not as effective as something launched from space though.

 

[Flopsweat]

Heinlein called it the GOEP in Orphans of the Sky in 1941. Good story too.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Kentucky energy on a massive scale, tests have shown it can equal the destructive power of a nuclear blast, with out the side effects! Very scary, but also awesome!

 

[bigbearbear]

I think it'll be more fun to call this weapon OBAMA. Orbital Bombardment Artillery / Mass Accelerator.

That way, when we use it on China, we can blame it on OBAMA.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I wonder if it uses the Q-36 Space Modulator...?
Andy

 

[TTSX]

How long's the background check taking on those?

 

[MTpockets]

How long's the background check taking on those?

Not long.... if you use the worm-hole loophole

 

[Flopsweat]

I wonder if it uses the Q-36 Space Modulator...?
Andy

Marvin approves.
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=qu9gva2LZBw

 

[clearconscience]

Thats both super cool and terrifying.

It's really sad we'll never spend more time and money trying to help each other, only destroy each other.

 

[clearconscience]

What ever happened to HAARP in Alaska?

 

[Flopsweat]

Thats both super cool and terrifying.

It's really sad we'll never spend more time and money trying to help each other, only destroy each other.

Agreed, but sometimes the bad guys just won't stop. Fortunately our current administration has made some serious headway in the direction of peace.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I wonder how effective a smaller projectile, fired from a space based rail gun, would be,

 

[The Heretic]

I wonder how effective a smaller projectile, fired from a space based rail gun, would be,

I think that smaller projectile - like the size of a chisel - would be used on smaller targets. The problem there is that smaller targets are generally moving, and even at the extreme speeds, it would take too long for a projectile to get to the target - unless the projectile was guided.

Now if the objective was to dump a bunch of projectiles into a given area - like with cluster bombs - then smaller projectiles might be effective.

But I am given to understand that we already have effective weapons deployed from aircraft that serve the same purpose and would be less expensive.