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 result: complete devastation of the target ...

China’s hypersonic tungsten rod experiment challenges the US ‘rods from God’ space weapon concept A scientific experiment has suggested a kinetic energy space weapon may not work as an ...

However, a practical demonstration in 2018 showed potential, but also raised questions about the usefulness of "rods from God" as a weapon. Scientists released a 308-pound tungsten rod from a ...

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