[txhurl]

Rods from the Gods

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‘military’ guffawers to attack in 3..2..1

[Kalam]

You saying I should be looking for my flame retardant suit?

[edzo4]

For any of the “guffaws” re: Rods From the Gods AKA Project Thor

Kinetic weapons have been around since the beginning.

Samuel 17

40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

It’s based on Newton's second law of motion which is stated as follows: The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force. Or F=M*A, Force = Mass times Acceleration, in layman’s terms the faster it moves or the more it “weighs” the harder it hits you.

The principle has been used by the Chinese as early as the 4th Century and Europeans in middle ages.

It was Used By the French in WWI

By the US in Vietnam, With Lazy Dog Bombs

And Beehive anti personnel Artillery Rounds

More Recently By US in Iraq and the French In Libya

It would not violate the Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 which prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed in or used from Earth's orbit

In 2004 It was predicted to be about 15 years away from being practical but the only issue was the cost to launch them into space

The Falcon Heavy is an extremely low cost Rocket which is a more powerful than the Delta IV Heavy, and would cost the US government about five times less.

The newer projectile was successfully Tested at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico 2013

2004 Project Thor Concept

Current Projectile