I think the U.S.’s “Rods of God” put a stop to Russia’s futuristic weapons testing..
The Rods From God we never built?
“Rods of God” put a stop to Russia’s futuristic weapons testing..
“For example, one such weapon might be a 1-[meter]-long tungsten rod weighing about 100 [kilograms].”
That size is important because, as the RAND study blithely puts it, the object needs to be large enough to survive the burn-up that comes with racing through the Earth’s atmosphere, but “preferably” small enough that it doesn’t cause “mass extinction,” like the end of the dinosaurs.
https://www.insidehook.com/article/military/rods-god-space-weapon-make-thor-jealous