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He waited until the hurricane news died down to launch another ICBM over Japan....the little slob is a real publicity hound, eh? Okay, so we know we can't just nuke him because the fallout would drift into mainland China and up into the far east reaches of Russia, over into Japan and probably S. Korea. So nuking him, although pleasing is probably not the way to go. So what else? MOABS? Sure but that means you have to put a heavy bomber over N.Korea which might get shot down. Dang it...there must be something else....wait a minute....there is!
No sound, no radar signature, no warning what so ever....
Project Thor: Thor uses a large projectile from a few thousand miles above the Earth. The "rods from god" idea was a bundle of telephone-pole-size (20 feet long, 1 foot in diameter) tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching a speed of up to 10 times the speed of sound.
The rod itself would penetrate hundreds of feet into the Earth, destroying any potential hardened bunkers or secret underground sites. More than that, when the rod hits, the explosion would be on par with the magnitude of a ground-penetrating nuclear weapon — but with no fallout.
The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force a nuclear weapon — but with no fallout
No sound, no radar signature, no warning what so ever....
Project Thor: Thor uses a large projectile from a few thousand miles above the Earth. The "rods from god" idea was a bundle of telephone-pole-size (20 feet long, 1 foot in diameter) tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching a speed of up to 10 times the speed of sound.
The rod itself would penetrate hundreds of feet into the Earth, destroying any potential hardened bunkers or secret underground sites. More than that, when the rod hits, the explosion would be on par with the magnitude of a ground-penetrating nuclear weapon — but with no fallout.
The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force a nuclear weapon — but with no fallout
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