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US confirms it has weapons in space (www.dw.com)

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some time ago I watched a vid about a theoretical space ballista that shot titanium (IIRC) rods down to earth and the theoretical damage was comparable to a nuke but without any radiation.

Such a rad concept from a nerd / scifi POV.

[–] triple@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Rods from god

[–] Sherad@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Why do all that work splitting atoms when you can just use relativistic kill vehicles