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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
J:
--- Quote from: wikipedia ---Project Thor
Project Thor is an idea for a weapons system that launches kinetic projectiles from Earth orbit to damage targets on the ground. Jerry Pournelle originated the concept while working in operations research at Boeing in the 1950s before becoming a science-fiction writer.[1][2]
The most described system is "an orbiting tungsten telephone pole with small fins and a computer in the back for guidance". The weapon can be down-scaled, an orbiting "crowbar" rather than a pole.[citation needed] The system described in the 2003 United States Air Force (USAF) report was that of 20-foot-long (6.1 m), 1-foot-diameter (0.30 m) tungsten rods, that are satellite controlled, and have global strike capability, with impact speeds of Mach 10.[3][4][5]
The time between deorbiting and impact would only be a few minutes, and depending on the orbits and positions in the orbits, the system would have a world-wide range.[citation needed] There is no requirement to deploy missiles, aircraft or other vehicles. Although the SALT II (1979) prohibited the deployment of orbital weapons of mass destruction, it did not prohibit the deployment of conventional weapons. The system is prohibited by neither the Outer Space Treaty nor the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.[4][6]
The idea is that the weapon would inflict damage because it moves at orbital velocities, at least 9 kilometers per second. Smaller weapons can deliver measured amounts of energy as small as a 225 kg conventional bomb.[citation needed] Some systems are quoted as having the yield of a small tactical nuclear bomb.[5] These designs are envisioned as a bunker buster.[4][7]
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ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Loki on 12 Jun 2013, 21:23 ---...now I feel bad
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Please don't. That wasn't my intention, to cause distress, and you don't deserve to. Sorry.
mtmerrick:
Now there is a pest extermination method I strongly approve of :P
Also, yes he is Sam =D (and I bet he would actually appreciate being labeled as such :P)
Is it cold in here?:
I thought Hermione and Ginny got rid of all of them.
Dora, remember that you said you only approve of murdering customers after they've paid? The spiders in the basement could be customers for the cafe you mentioned in that one tweet. You could offer the spiders caffeine (http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm) and say "Do you want flies with that?".
How could Dora not have known there were that many spiders in her roasting area?
Carl-E:
The roasting area is near the one working light down there.
Sam and Faye went 'splorin' in the less-well lit areas.
Arrr, there be spiders...
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