Cool idea, but shipping anything to orbit is insanely expensive and those are almost impossible to aim accurately. At least with the current technology.
In Babylon 5 an alien race destroys their enemy’s homeworld with “mass drivers”. Ship mounted mechanisms that accelerated captured asteroids towards the surface of the planet, completely decimating it. In the show they are regarded as heinous weapons of mass destruction for their merciless destructive power.
This was funny at the time, but kinetic weapons will always have a place. See Rods from God.
Cool idea, but shipping anything to orbit is insanely expensive and those are almost impossible to aim accurately. At least with the current technology.
Babylon 5 knew what was up.
Can you fill me in?
In Babylon 5 an alien race destroys their enemy’s homeworld with “mass drivers”. Ship mounted mechanisms that accelerated captured asteroids towards the surface of the planet, completely decimating it. In the show they are regarded as heinous weapons of mass destruction for their merciless destructive power.