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> the resources to cheaply put large rods of tungsten in orbit

And then it takes a big rocket to get them back out of orbit. Such a waste of effort.



There have been studies and the rods from the gods concept doesn’t work. Atmospheric braking would slow them to their terminal velocity before impact. You might as well throw them out of a plane. There are also all kinds of problems with time to target, terminal guidance and cross range capability.




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