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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rods from God. Just saying. Time to unveil the latest secret weapon.


20 posted on 09/17/2017 11:01:39 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

That ain’t even close to the newest secret weapon. Those would make most world leaders soil themselves.


21 posted on 09/17/2017 11:03:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget; 2ndDivisionVet

Love those inertial high speed tungsten rods. But those who designed the concept concede that the amount of fuel needed to place them in orbit and send them down crashing at speed required to do the kind of damage predicted is way to huge and prohibitively expensive.

See The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Heinlein and also the sci-fi works of Jerry Pournelle.


31 posted on 09/18/2017 4:32:31 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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