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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 34607587 Thailand 02/17/2013 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: Crashing satellite - failed project Rods from God WHY WOULD IT HAVE TUNGSTEN RODS ON BOARD? The Rods from God 06/08/2005 The rods are currently just a concept--and have been since the early 1980s--but, if the myriad technical and political hurdles to deployment could be overcome, the system could represent a tremendous leap forward in the military's ability to destroy underground, hardened facilities of the type that have allowed Iran and other rogue states to violate the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty with impunity. HOW DO THE RODS WORK? The system would likely be comprised of tandem satellites, one serving as a communications platform, the other carrying an indeterminate number of tungsten rods, each up to 20 feet in length and 1 foot in diameter. These rods, which could be dropped on a target with as little as 15 minutes notice, would enter the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 36,000 feet per second--about as fast as a meteor. Upon impact, the rod would be capable of producing all the effects of an earth-penetrating nuclear weapon, without any of the radioactive fallout. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 34607587 Thailand 02/18/2013 01:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.telegraph.co.uk] The scarcity of evidence on the ground has fuelled scores of conspiracy theories over what caused the fireball and the huge shockwave that hit Chelyabinsk, which plays host to many defence industry plants. Nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky told reporters in Moscow it could have been "war-mongers" in the United States. "It's not meteors falling. It's a new weapon being tested by the Americans," he said. A priest from near the explosion site called it an act of God. Social media sites were flooded with speculation about what might have caused the explosion. "Honestly, I would be more inclined to believe that this was some military thing," said Oksana Trufanova, a local human rights activist. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 34607587 Thailand 02/18/2013 01:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | RAND'S RODS! [link to www.popsci.com] Rods from God 2004 Space-launched darts that strike like meteors This technology is very far out—in miles and years. A pair of satellites orbiting several hundred miles above the Earth would serve as a weapons system. One functions as the targeting and communications platform while the other carries numerous tungsten rods—up to 20 feet in length and a foot in diameter—that it can drop on targets with less than 15 minutes’ notice. When instructed from the ground, the targeting satellite commands its partner to drop one of its darts. The guided rods enter the atmosphere, protected by a thermal coating, traveling at 36,000 feet per second—comparable to the speed of a meteor. The concept of kinetic-energy weapons has been around ever since the RAND Corporation proposed placing rods on the tips of ICBMs in the 1950s If so-called “Rods from God”—an informal nickname of untraceable origin—ever do materialize, it won’t be for at least 15 years. ARTICLE WRITTEN IN 2004 (9 years ago) |
Russian guy User ID: 24071670 Bulgaria 02/18/2013 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | does it mean Russia shot them down then? If it is true, perhaps several more rods in other points of the world are needed, without Russian help to fall to the ground :) Perhaps Vatican is one candidate? They forgot seemingly they are not alone in an empty world |
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KonspiracyKitty User ID: 1295140 United States 02/18/2013 03:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wouldn't think so because: 1.) Such a weapon would shoot straight down. The path of the meteor (at least in Russia) was nearly parallel to the ground with a pretty slight angle toward the ground. There would be no point in firing it like that, as such an angle would increase the distance the weapon needed to travel through the atmosphere, causing it to bleed off speed and energy and maybe compromise its integrity. 2.) They burst in the air (at least the Russian one, haven't seen the Cuban). Now mistakes happen and if this was a test I would imagine mistakes would be more likely, but the theoretical "rods from God" transfer their energy via impacting the ground and not through exploding in the air like certain conventional weapons and (many? most?) nuclear ones. Last Edited by KonspiracyKitty on 02/18/2013 03:27 AM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34653435 United States 02/18/2013 03:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The rods thing has already been chalked up to digital photography anomaly.... conclusively. To attribute such to God is a dis-service to the Divine as far as the term, "rods," is concerned/referenced. I, myself, have much more respect. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 34607587 Thailand 02/18/2013 03:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wouldn't think so because: Quoting: KonspiracyKitty 1.) Such a weapon would shoot straight down. The path of the meteor (at least in Russia) was nearly parallel to the ground with a pretty slight angle toward the ground. There would be no point in firing it like that, as such an angle would increase the distance the weapon needed to travel through the atmosphere, causing it to bleed off speed and energy and maybe compromise its integrity. 2.) They burst in the air (at least the Russian one, haven't seen the Cuban). Now mistakes happen and if this was a test I would imagine mistakes would be more likely, but the theoretical "rods from God" transfer their energy via impacting the ground and not through exploding in the air like certain conventional weapons and (many? most?) nuclear ones. Good points... or the rods had already been intercepted up higher... I guess the satellite is geo-stationary? So the rods have to be fired at an angle to reach targets. |
anonimalle User ID: 24123050 United States 02/18/2013 03:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The rods thing has already been chalked up to digital photography anomaly.... conclusively. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34653435 To attribute such to God is a dis-service to the Divine as far as the term, "rods," is concerned/referenced. I, myself, have much more respect. Don't think that the "Rod Gods" phrase was one that the OP invented. Behind every myth lies a mystery, and every legend holds an echo of the truth …… Que Sera Sera "For not by numbers of men nor by measure of body but by valor of soul is war decided" Bilisarius " At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war." Gates of Vienna. "May we smite our enemies to the darkest chamber of hell, for we wish only to live in peace, and they desire only to put their boot upon our neck." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1156712 Australia 02/18/2013 04:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wouldn't think so because: Quoting: KonspiracyKitty 1.) Such a weapon would shoot straight down. The path of the meteor (at least in Russia) was nearly parallel to the ground with a pretty slight angle toward the ground. There would be no point in firing it like that, as such an angle would increase the distance the weapon needed to travel through the atmosphere, causing it to bleed off speed and energy and maybe compromise its integrity. 2.) They burst in the air (at least the Russian one, haven't seen the Cuban). Now mistakes happen and if this was a test I would imagine mistakes would be more likely, but the theoretical "rods from God" transfer their energy via impacting the ground and not through exploding in the air like certain conventional weapons and (many? most?) nuclear ones. I sure they would have a destruct mechanism maybe thats why they exploded before hitting the ground. |
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braSil User ID: 17769550 Brazil 02/18/2013 05:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This video shows whatever it was shot down or what it looks like to me is a ship flew right through it to break it up and then flew away! What is that??? [link to www.youtube.com] |
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UndercoverAlien User ID: 34631721 Brazil 02/18/2013 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nope! "Rods of God" are just projectiles, they don't have explosive charges and they use just the kinetic energy to unleash a damage, which is in the form of earthquakes after it penetrates the ground. "Do or do not. There is no try." (Yoda) |
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CtYankee User ID: 30129105 United States 02/18/2013 07:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 114.I therefore having heard this,glorified the Lord God,and again I question the demon saying:tell me how ye can ascend into heaven,being demons, and admist the stars and holy angels intermingle,and he answered just as things are fulfilled in heaven,so also on earth.For there are principalities,authorities,world rulers and we demons fly,about in the air;and we hear the voices of the heavenly beings,and survey all the powers.And as having no ground on which to alight or rest,we lose strength and fall off like leaves from a tree.And men seeing is imagine that the stars are falling from heaven.But it is not really so o king,but we fall because of our weakness,and because we have nowhere anything to lay hold of.So we fall like lightning in the depth of the night suddenly.And we set cities in flames and fire the fields.For the stars have firm foundations in the heavens like the sun and the moon. ~ TESTAMENT OF SOLOMON Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33184543 CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34207802 United States 02/18/2013 07:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mans ability too wreak havoc on his fellow human beings has reached new heights, or should i say new depths. causing massive suffering and misery , on a global scale.unless we end our addiction to destruction,we are amassing an amaseing amount of bad karma, cause and effect is a natural law ( not manmade ),please for the love of god, stop this maddness. ALL OF MANKIND , AND EVERY COUNTRY , PLANET EARTH. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25462143 Canada 02/18/2013 07:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Rods" and "Gods Rods" are different things entirely. The "Rods" that were "proven as photographic anomaly" are recorded flying around in the air like insects or animals of some type - just really fast. The "Gods Rods" are in reference to an ORBITAL WEAPONS PLATFORM designed by USA Black-Budget military programs. Completely different topics. |