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We're spending too much dirtside. At least a third should be going into orbit. If you have orbital weapons platforms, you don't so many gaddam aircraft carriers.
A kinetic bombardment or a kinetic orbital strike is the hypothetical act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert projectile from orbit, where the destructive power comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high speeds. The concept originated during the Cold War.
Typical depictions of the tactic are of a satellite containing a magazine of tungsten rods and a directional thrust system. (In science fiction, the weapon is often depicted as being launched from a spaceship, instead of a satellite.) When a strike is ordered, the launch vehicle brakes[1] one of the rods out of its orbit and into a suborbital trajectory that intersects the target. As the rod approaches periapsis due to gravity, it picks up immense speed until it reaches terminal velocity shortly before impact. The rods would typically be shaped to minimize air resistance and maximize terminal velocity.
Kinetic bombardment has the advantage of being able to deliver projectiles from a very high angle at a very high speed, making them extremely difficult to defend against. In addition, projectiles would not require explosive warheads, and—in the simplest designs—would consist entirely of solid metal rods, giving rise to the common nickname "rods from God".[2] Disadvantages include the technical difficulties of ensuring accuracy and the high costs of positioning ammunition in orbit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
To make such a system practical, we'd need a solid off world manufacturing infrastructure. Note this ain't 'Liberal arts' stuff, spud. lol
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We're spending too much dirtside. At least a third should be going into orbit. If you have orbital weapons platforms, you don't so many gaddam aircraft carriers.
Aircraft carriers are on water....
“Aircraft carriers are on water....“
Something more obvious you have on your hart?
NASA has near total deep space superiority.
"Aircraft carriers are on water...." 😂😂😂😂😂😂 An observation worthy of Donald Trump.
ack, I dropped the 'need' in that sentence. feh hate when I do that
@Peter Pan...yes, but not nearly enough...and the PRC is nipping at our heels.
PS here's a tutorial for Franko:
A kinetic bombardment or a kinetic orbital strike is the hypothetical act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert projectile from orbit, where the destructive power comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high speeds. The concept originated during the Cold War.
Typical depictions of the tactic are of a satellite containing a magazine of tungsten rods and a directional thrust system. (In science fiction, the weapon is often depicted as being launched from a spaceship, instead of a satellite.) When a strike is ordered, the launch vehicle brakes[1] one of the rods out of its orbit and into a suborbital trajectory that intersects the target. As the rod approaches periapsis due to gravity, it picks up immense speed until it reaches terminal velocity shortly before impact. The rods would typically be shaped to minimize air resistance and maximize terminal velocity.
Kinetic bombardment has the advantage of being able to deliver projectiles from a very high angle at a very high speed, making them extremely difficult to defend against. In addition, projectiles would not require explosive warheads, and—in the simplest designs—would consist entirely of solid metal rods, giving rise to the common nickname "rods from God".[2] Disadvantages include the technical difficulties of ensuring accuracy and the high costs of positioning ammunition in orbit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
To make such a system practical, we'd need a solid off world manufacturing infrastructure. Note this ain't 'Liberal arts' stuff, spud. lol
Outstanding Nebris!
Similar terrestrial system:
https://fox6now.com/2020/06/17/al-qaeda-leader-taken-out-by-secret-us-missile-filled-with-knives-dubbed-the-ninja-bomb/
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