“We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster.”

  • thegreekgeek@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    They totally whiffed on the scifi weapon reference, this is obviously an early version of a Low Orbit Ion Cannon.

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    1 year ago

    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.