TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by BitterFuture t3_10h4zkx on January 20, 2023 at 6:55 PM in todayilearned 83 comments 323
Tw_izted t1_j58nek4 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:23 AM there's a common misconception that it was meant to be a missile that was supposed to be fired in space to save time the majority of r/NonCredibleDefense users don't really know this and thought it was just "space missiles" Permalink 2
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