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WCDT December 1-5, 2014 (2845-2849)
Zebediah:
There is no place that is appropriate for those panties except the incinerator.
katsmeat:
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--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 02 Dec 2014, 23:08 ---"Accurate" and "orbital bombardment" do not fit in the same sentence.
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QC has never been one to be bothered with "semantics."
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Dropping a tungsten rod on a specific set of 9 digit GPS coordinates from orbit is extremely accurate. Even if the kinetic energy from such a weapon's taking out the city block.
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Actually no. I once did a back-of the envelope calculation for orbital bombardment after seeing a bit of some movie in which one took out Paris. The energy from a mass of tungsten rod is give-or-take, sort-of, the same as the same mass of TNT. Which makes sense as it's energy ultimate derives from burning about 15 times it's mass in rocket propellent to get it up there.
I imagine that's why it's never been done, you might as well just drop the same weight of bombs from an aircraft. Something, Hanner's mother might actually be able to arrange if asked.
SubaruStephen:
To me accuracy is taking out a human sized target with no damage to anything or anyone around it. Which is almost impossible when dropping something from space, because the atmosphere will burn off enough of the object to either knock it off course or burn up entirely. In order to have enough mass to reach the target in one piece, it'd be too big to avoid causing collateral damage.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9NdMMJzVmM
The only thing close to accurately here is getting it in the right zip code.
GarandMarine:
I think putting a 500lb bomb through a window's damn accurate myself personally.
katsmeat:
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 03 Dec 2014, 18:10 ---[ movie clip]
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Goodness, when those particular satellites release something, it just drops.
That must make space-walks a hairy experience.
< airplane geek > Was that an Me 109 at 0m.40s? How strange < / airplane geek >
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