The Simple Space Weapon With The Potential To Destroy Planets

When people imagine futuristic space weapons, their minds tend to run wild. Thinkers, dreamers, and writers have come up with everything from stellar manipulation devices that cause massive solar flares to simple laser weapons to blow satellites out of the sky. Currently, there are no known space weapons, but it is only a matter of time before someone puts a weapon system into orbit. The United States recently launched their own Space Force, and <a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-75th-isrs-squadron/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a new targeting squadron was put in place</a> to identify and neutralize enemy objects in orbit. Everyone is scrambling to figure out what the first space weapons are going to be and how best to counter them. One military space weapon has been repeatedly floated as the one that would be the easiest to implement and the most effective from a physics standpoint. Like many things in life, simple options are usually the best. Nations might not need high tech laser weapons or advanced satellites to inflict massive damage from orbit. They might only need a large tungsten rod. <h1>Rods From God</h1> Rods From God or God Rods is a concept that imagines raining a series of tungsten rods from orbit onto targets below. Tungsten is extremely hard, and it has an incredibly high melting point. Tungsten should be able to survive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Using simple orbital mechanics and satellites or simple spaceships, a military could drop these metal rods from orbit. The rods would plunge into the atmosphere and reach speeds as fast as Mach 10 before obliterating a target below. The force would approach that of a nuclear weapon. Except, there would be no fallout or radioactivity with these weapons. The energy is entirely kinetic. It is like a giant bullet that uses gravity as a charge instead of gunpowder. <a href="https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-simple-space-weapon-with-the-potential-to-destroy-planets-e67da2a7a09f">Website</a>