Rods from God, and Cleaning up Surplus

[u/combatwombat-]

[u/TheirCanadianBoi]

I'm not sure if an Abrams could reenter in one piece. The space around the turret and gun would basically act like a plasma cutter.

Does anyone know what the terminal velocity of an Abrams would be? I would assume it would fall front down, but it might also tumble.

It would be fun to try.

[u/Bubbly_Taro → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

They should be girthy enough to hit the enemy with a few tons of steel or molten slag.

[u/TheirCanadianBoi → u/Bubbly_Taro]

You know, on top of every other problem with this. This would not be a precision weapon.

The only possible use I could think of is starting a forest fire in the most comically inefficient way possible.

[u/hufenschwinger → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

Have you tried using... more? Think of them as .00000714 gauge pellets.

[u/TheirCanadianBoi → u/hufenschwinger]

Ooo~ what if instead of Rods of God we had the Piñata of God?

A spinning mass of metal blocks with ceramic interlocking joints. Reenters and gains considerable thermal energy, then detonates and can spread hot slag over an area the size of Shanghai?

There could potentially be enough individual fires, that management of them will quickly become impossible.

If you hit it before detonation, good for you, you might be slightly less than optimally fucked.

[u/Environmental_Sea72 → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

You,

I like how you think

[u/TheirCanadianBoi → u/Environmental_Sea72]

Canadian practicality?

[u/Environmental_Sea72 → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

perhaps

[u/ByGollie → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

Israeli Merkavas over California?