Is it not possible to be a kind of ordnance?

Akin to, say, Mk. 20 Rockeyes

no clue

just saying other crap is likely falling from the sky that aren't space rocks

so we can't limit the possibilities

Possible, satellites decay orbit all the time after all.

If we are to accept them as true.

Of note, I tend to think Rods of God, while interesting, was far less ambitious than Brilliant Pebbles

That was a very interesting program

I have no clue if the "Rods of God" concept might work if dropped from very high alt aircraft for example....

Well, the altitude would have to be excessively high

And unfortunately, few aircraft could carry that quantity of WHA high enough to have any appreciable impact

all assumptions

Far from it.

I'm a scientist

WHA is an incredibly dense material after all

carry one

drop it

Problem is carrying it indeed.

my favorite quote "Impossible is just an opinion"

They were designed to reach terminal velocity before impact

we have no idea the size. take a smaller one

all assumptions

Then it fails to produce adequate effects

need to see the experiment

WHA, while dense, would need to be of a sufficiently large size to produce nuclear fallout on impact.

my other favorite "one test is worth 1000 expert opinions"

For a similar concept on a smaller scale, see LOSAT

ah ok. never heard of it

While effective, it was also not nuclear.

At a certain point...

It is more useful to just use traditional nuclear ordnance

Or fire up a few TRIDENT IIs

Or MMIIIs

On an unrelated note, and if you don't wish to answer feel free to let me know, but you stated that you receive research grants, IIRC, for what purpose is your research for?

I am curious, especially if there are some interesting developments you could discuss.

no. I was being facetious. that's our challenge. we don't have a circa $20 billion budget like NASA. that's why we can't answer every question. people are doing the best they can with what they have at the moment....

Fair enough.

we have no budget

I'm just impressed to see every day folks trying to do experiments, learning the scientific method...

If you were to receive a budget though, do you suspect that some people would still not believe you regardless of your findings?