A hypersonic space weapon concept, nicknamed “rods from God”, which was first dreamed up during the Cold War, might not be as effective as previously thought, according to a new study. The idea for ...
Imagine how much damage a lump of metal might do if dropped onto a target from a great height. Now imagine the metal is tungsten — one of the heaviest rare metals — and it's dropped from space, miles ...
The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed in or used from Earth's orbit. What they didn't count on was the US Air Force's ...
The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed or used from Earth’s orbit. What they didn’t count on was the U.S. Air Force’s ...