FriedRiceNSpice
Captain
Isn't that kind of confusing given the alternative would be super-sonic?
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Could be Super Sized as well. Guess we'll find out.
How about Strategic Support, just like former PLA Strategic Support Force
by78
General
Some excerpts from a paper I don't have access to. It states that China conducted testing on a tungsten kinetic explosive. The test was carried out in the Gobi desert, where a 140kg tungsten rod hit the surface at a speed of 4650m/s. The resulting impact created a crater with a diameter of 4.6m and a depth of 3m.
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by78
General
Some excerpts from a paper I don't have access to. It states that China conducted testing on a tungsten kinetic explosive. The test was carried out in the Gobi desert, where a 140kg tungsten rod hit the surface at a speed of 4650m/s. The resulting impact created a crater with a diameter of 4.6m and a depth of 3m.
Correction: the crater diameter is actually 9.2m.
Some excerpts from a paper I don't have access to. It states that China conducted testing on a tungsten kinetic explosive. The test was carried out in the Gobi desert, where a 140kg tungsten rod hit the surface at a speed of 4650m/s. The resulting impact created a crater with a diameter of 4.6m and a depth of 3m.
It is not an explosive but test of the “Rod of God” kinetic energy orbital bombardment weapon. Basically it is a dud and not worth the effort.
broadsword
Brigadier
Depth of 3m sounds shallow for that speed. Engineers?
The only way i see orbital kinetic weapon being worthwhile is being used as global missile defense system akin to Golden dome/star wars, where satellite launches kinetic kill weapon at BM being launched, where the trajectory still rather predictable.
PiSigma
"the engineer"
It really depends on what the material being hit is made out of. If it was concrete it would probably be a deeper impact vs sand. Sand is very good at absorbing impact and distribution of energy due to its lose nature, thus sand bags. More rigid materials like rock and steel and concrete would actually do worse in a test like this.
The number I focused on is the strength labled as 2.4 GPa, which is a pretty high number. The shockwaves created would cause more issues to internal organs for anything near by than whatever crater created.
