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Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon — with no fallout

The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon — with no fallout

"...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..."

Reference: www.businessinsider.com .