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6/25/2014 7:03:03 PM
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I actually had a dream last night that NK was really ahead of the curb when it came to technology and that their poverty and starvation aspect was just a front to mislead other countries, and that they unleashed hell on the U.S. with stealth bombers, and K.E.M. strikes from orbit. I was happy in the dream. It was odd.
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Edited by ziva: 6/27/2014 9:11:33 AMWhat are kem?
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Edited by BannedChakas: 6/27/2014 10:40:16 AMA Kinetic Energy Missile. Giant tungsten rods dropped from orbit via satellite that have no explosive traits whatsoever. They do damage solely with their kinetic energy achieved from falling from orbit onto it's target. I believe they reach about mach 7, depending on the size of the individual rods. Typically, the satellite dropping them would have several. They are less powerful than nukes, but don't have any of the fall out, and are legal to put into orbit, while nukes are not.
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Wait. This is a real thing?
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Yes. The USAF recently proposed putting one into orbit. It's a real weapon system.
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wasn't this on the recent G.I Joe movie?
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Yes it was. It's an idea that is getting more and more attention as it's sci-fi potential in entertainment is being discovered.
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Edited by Viaxas: 7/9/2014 8:10:17 AMwell physics backs it up. and to be honest a giant heavy rod flying down out of orbit at extremely high velocity, and then impacting the ground like an asteroid/comet seems like way more devastating than a nuke, not really but i think more of a mental impact then anything, since most likely you wont be able to do anything about it by the time you see it or detect it.
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Yea the Thor project. I just hadn't heard them referred to as missiles before
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They technically are missiles even though they do not have a local propulsion system on the rods themselves. And yes tungsten rods are scary stuff, think of a asteroid impact combined with a very big shaped charge
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Yes I can kind of see that. I just hadn't heard of them referred to as missiles.
