How can orbital tungsten rods in the "Rods from God" concept hit with the force of "tactical nuclear weapons" if all of the rods' orbital energy is limited to a fraction of the chemical energy in launch vehicles that weigh at most hundreds of tons?
by /u/H5N1BirdFlu in /r/askscience
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