Comment on France Is Dropping Concrete BombsComments−merloen15yWasn't there a military program for dropping metal rods from space? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?−neworbit15yYes - kinetic kill ideas are pretty sound.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Project_Tho...Lifting that much mass into orbit is pricy though.−aaronbrethorst15ySure, but only from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Rod−hedgehog15yKinetic cruise missiles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto−tsotha15yIt was never a program, just an idea.
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Wasn't there a military program for dropping metal rods from space? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?
Yes - kinetic kill ideas are pretty sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Project_Tho...
Lifting that much mass into orbit is pricy though.
Sure, but only from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Rod
Kinetic cruise missiles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto
It was never a program, just an idea.