http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35215 tanvach Sat, 17 May 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35215 Of course, due to conservation of energy, you need at least the same amount of energy to put these guys in orbit. So if you can launch these things, might as well use the energy directly as bombs. Or not. Bombs are bad. Of course, due to conservation of energy, you need at least the same amount of energy to put these guys in orbit. So if you can launch these things, might as well use the energy directly as bombs. Or not. Bombs are bad.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35214 Orv Fri, 16 May 2008 19:31:31 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35214 Re 2: Stuff in Popular Mechanics and other magazines of its ilk is always speculative and dramatic. It's the genre. Check out the Modern Mechanix blog some time if you want to see what those magazines were predicting decades ago:<br><a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.modernmechanix.com/</a> Re 2: Stuff in Popular Mechanics and other magazines of its ilk is always speculative and dramatic. It’s the genre. Check out the Modern Mechanix blog some time if you want to see what those magazines were predicting decades ago:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35213 Meto Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:11 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35213 I remember reading about most of these 15 years ago in a second hand bookstore! I remember reading about most of these 15 years ago in a second hand bookstore!

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35212 BenH(Not that one) Fri, 16 May 2008 15:25:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35212 Agreed. With a Kinetic Kill Device it's over before you know what hit you. Chem/bio weapons... shudder ... too much suffering. Agreed. With a Kinetic Kill Device it’s over before you know what hit you. Chem/bio weapons… shudder … too much suffering.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35211 LoopyMind Fri, 16 May 2008 14:12:29 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35211 IMHO stuff like mustard gas, zyklon B, Sarin and the likes of such are far more spooky than metal crap falling from the sky... IMHO stuff like mustard gas, zyklon B, Sarin and the likes of such are far more spooky than metal crap falling from the sky…

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35210 Mark Fri, 16 May 2008 07:04:43 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35210 The "Rods from God" was a project called Project Thor.<br>It's detailed quite thoroughly in an essay published in the first "There Will Be War" anthology, Jerry Pournelle, ed, published in the 80's. The “Rods from God” was a project called Project Thor.
It’s detailed quite thoroughly in an essay published in the first “There Will Be War” anthology, Jerry Pournelle, ed, published in the 80’s.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35209 pmac Fri, 16 May 2008 05:39:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35209 Got a build log or instuctable for any of these? Got a build log or instuctable for any of these?

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35208 Johnny B. Goode Fri, 16 May 2008 05:21:31 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35208 Interesting article, although I think it's highly speculative and written with a flare for the dramatic. All in all there wasn't anything I haven't already heard of. Interesting article, although I think it’s highly speculative and written with a flare for the dramatic. All in all there wasn’t anything I haven’t already heard of.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-35207 wisefire Fri, 16 May 2008 02:47:35 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/#comment-35207 c..r..eepy.. c..r..eepy..

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