Kinetic bombardment
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title:
Kinetic bombardment
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A kinetic bombardment or a kinetic orbital strike is the hypothetical act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert kinetic 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. When a strike is ordered, the launch vehicle brakes one of the rods out o
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Orbit to planetary surface attack with inert projectiles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
date created:
2005-10-26T02:28:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:58:10Z
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