inkican@kbin.social to Science Fiction@kbin.social · 2 years agoCheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are openwww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkCheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are openwww.yahoo.cominkican@kbin.social to Science Fiction@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslowmovingtarget@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoRods from God are actually… impractical. Controlling where the rods fall turns out to be much much harder than the idea makes it sound. I suppose if you want non-nuclear ways to wipe out cities, sure. But it doesn’t help if your target is much tighter, like military hardware or ships.
Rods from God are actually… impractical. Controlling where the rods fall turns out to be much much harder than the idea makes it sound.
I suppose if you want non-nuclear ways to wipe out cities, sure. But it doesn’t help if your target is much tighter, like military hardware or ships.