A kinetic orbital bombardment weapon in all theoretical studies needs to be made of tungsten or a similar material to withstand de-orbiting temperatures. The size of a projectile to cause significant damage needs to be in the vicinity of 120 tonnes at a height of 6 metres and a diameter of 0.3 metres. This is nearly twice the largest payload ever put into orbit and well beyond any current launch vehicle in use.
The use of a satellite-based delivery system, likely costing in the billions of dollars, is implausible and technologically currently beyond the world's capabilities, when more conventional delivery methods such as a glide bomb could achieve the same effect with drastically less cost and technical difficulty.
Orbital bombardment is posited as a highly precise, hard to detect technology, but at the cost of yield compared to conventional or nuclear technologies.
Orbital bombardment is posited as a highly precise, hard to detect technology, but at the cost of yield compared to conventional or nuclear technologies.
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