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COMET HIT BY 'RODS FROM GOD' DEATH FROM SPACE PROGRAM
2005-07-06
Here we have a pretty good example of how even a fairly "out there" conspiracy theory can serve enemy interests
Assalamu aleikum.
Luddites, Islamos, and Tin-foilers.
My, my, our Lord Rove's efforts to concentrate all enemy forces on one issue, the easier to recognize and exreminate them, is a smashing success.

The arrogantly named "Rods from God" weapons from space weapons of mass destruction "WMD" program (see the second article below) is well underway and has received a substantial boost from the successful trial attack on comet Tempel-1.
Rather than supporting a claim, the tin-foilist authority typically simply invites the reader to conclude that it is an establishe fact.
Capping a series of other recent planetary death weapons tests such as the failed space mirror test conducted by the Planetary Society, the NASA probe "Deep Impact" provided military observers with significant data and analysis concerning the proper design for kinetic energy weapons configured to slam into an Earth ground target, releasing an explosion similar to an atomic weapon but without the radiation.
Obviously Islamos and Moonbat nihilists are worried about this. Good.
Yep, a smashing success.
For further research on "Rods from God" go here.
RfG is a well-established and credible idea and has run through a number of specific projects over the years.
For other recent space weapons research commentary from the Islamic community, go here, here and here.

These crimes against all humanity are committed and recorded in broad daylight before a world public that is so stupefied by Hollywood imagery that it does not see the steady progression towards the weaponization of space. The world does not see the forest, because
there are too many trees in the way.

Please note that 2 articles follow:

*Americans must resist war being extended to heavens
*The Rods from God
Obviously if I wanted to test a weapon for use against ground targets on the Earth, I would spend months and many additional millions sending it halfway across the solar system to run into a comet of quite different composition at several times the speed. The alternative, to crash it into a ground target on the Earth, might seem plausible, but only to those who fail to understand the nefarious subtleties of the Rovian mindset.
The Planetary Society, btw, is a private organization and has grounds for a libel suit here if they want to pursue it.
Edited to embed links and clean up -- AoS.
Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#31  True, Mucky, thus giving each other Polio and AIDS (yes, I know it doesn't spread well via saliva, but take enough chances and it'll get through), and losing the war for Planet Earth just as Allah obviously intended.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-06 23:36  

#30  AtomicConspiracy wrote,

(switches to English)
"Attention Berkeley city council....Oh, to hell with it. LAUNCH NOW!"

WAIT!!! C'mon, AC, at least gimme' a little warning to get my head down or seek safer shelter (working high above the city at LBNL these days).

Posted by: LC FOTSGreg   2005-07-06 23:21  

#29  slammer big rok on mecha an theyn jus mosh arown it an kiss it.
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-07-06 22:22  

#28  Guess the "big man" up(?)stairs bette have a whole lot of sets of 72 vestle virgins ready with carafes of wine and peeled grapes...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-06 22:20  

#27  Bobby,
like this?
...
These images show a completely fictional on-orbit anti-satellite weapons system (ca. 1967) comprising a Blue Gemini ship and an armed OSP (Orbital Supply Platform). The OSP holds kinetic "space torpedoes" and provisions for extended missions.


Of course you view some of that old stuff from both sides at DeepCold

Posted by: 3dc   2005-07-06 20:35  

#26  Damnit! Who keeps telling this guy all of our secret plans???
Mr. Fibble is very cross!
Posted by: bruce   2005-07-06 19:08  

#25  I say, nuke the site from orbit! That's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous2520   2005-07-06 18:23  

#24  JFM, this is 2015, by which time all Jews are assumed to fled the Caliphate of Froggistan, with you-know-who moving into their former haunts.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2005-07-06 17:28  

#23  Jeebus 'orrible thought. It was then Rep, now Sen Nelson and who else? Hatch? Riding the political shuttle wave.... can you imagine fat Teddy on that sucker. It could have happened in theory. Drifting thru the flight deck.... LOL!
Posted by: Shiipman   2005-07-06 16:39  

#22  Teddy has enough mass, although getting him up to speed will take a lot of thrust.
Posted by: Steve   2005-07-06 16:15  

#21  Now if we could just take the state of Massachussetts and slam it into something at 40,000 MPH........
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2005-07-06 15:13  

#20  And remember, Dok to your Talkter about new flexium, it can help you get out of the way of a speeding meteor, and heal the damage if it doesn't, or something like that. As I said, dok to your Talkter
Posted by: Comment Top   2005-07-06 14:36  

#19  The IslamaPropagandists are laying the ground work for the highly remote unlikelihood of a large meteor that comes into the earths atmosphere with a hard on for mucchka and crashes staight into it. Uh.., I mean, crashes right into the holy city of mucchka, and lays waste to the sukkuh. And it will be more than Bush's fault. No divine retribution here, uh uh! No way! it was a plot!. A Rovian conspiritorial plot! By crackie!
Thank heavens Hollywood came to the rescue years ago by showing us in the movie about meteors, that meteors are not the sort of something that is man made, but something where the good guys, using science, could take out the big one, and only the smaller one might get through and destroy Paris, in a compleetetely ramdom, unpredestined way. I mean everyone in the world watches Hollywood movies on cable don't they? /sarcasm off
Posted by: an dalusian dog   2005-07-06 14:29  

#18  leaving a 1,000 foot wide crater, everything within a mile flattened

You mean like this?
Posted by: Steve   2005-07-06 12:34  

#17  Just imagine, a football field sized rock slamming into Mecca at Mach 7, leaving a 1,000 foot wide crater, everything within a mile flattened, mmmmmmmm....
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-07-06 12:13  

#16  The Islamodroid is just upset that he doesn't have these. His God has got no rod...
Posted by: Iblis   2005-07-06 11:59  

#15  Look out, Middle East terrorist-sympathizing nations. Once we perfect these weapons, we're going to use them ON YOU.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-07-06 11:22  

#14  the NASA probe "Deep Impact" provided military observers with significant data and analysis concerning the proper design for kinetic energy weapons configured to slam into an Earth ground target, releasing an explosion similar to an atomic weapon but without the radiation.

Hello? Kinetic energy weapons don't need a lot of design, being your basic "big rock" type of system. Just get 'em through re-entry and onto target, the rest takes care of itself, thanks to Mr. Newton.

I last heard of this scheme under the name "Thor", by the way. Hammer of the gods, and all that. Supposed to be a tactical weapon against armor formations, as I recall. But I believe better systems are available now, that don't involve the problems of re-entry. Google "Brilliant Anti-Tank" (BAT)

Or, here:
http://www.ilcdover.com/products/aerospace_defense/decelerators/bat.htm
Posted by: mojo   2005-07-06 11:11  

#13  Those of us ancient enough might remember one of the mantras of the 60's - he who controls space (or he moon) controls the world. That's one of the reasons we hadda get to the moon before the commies - otherwise they'd use missles or orbital platforms to destroy us.

Ironic, isn't it? Now the Russians are taking us to the Space Station, 'cuz our taxi (Shuttle) is broke.
Posted by: Bobby   2005-07-06 09:42  

#12  Scary, isn't it, Moon Worshipers?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-06 09:27  

#11  There is no conspiracy, we are going to seize control of space, we will have the ability to annihilate any foe, we will stand victorious.

What's the conspiracy? We openly admit aspirations for space based weapons, a conspiracy implies a secretive aspect to ones plans. Once again for those of you who still don't get it: Fuck with us and die..........
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-06 09:24  

#10  When the Kaaba mysteriously vaporizes, then will you know the true extent of the Rods from God program.
Posted by: Random thoughts   2005-07-06 09:21  

#9  The haven't discovered my catapult on the moon yet?
Posted by: 3dc   2005-07-06 09:07  

#8  AC, LMAO.
Posted by: Matt   2005-07-06 07:56  

#7  Atomic Conspiracy

The 4th Arrondissement is well known as the center of Parisian Jewish community.
Posted by: JFM   2005-07-06 04:06  

#6  July 4, 2015
A voice speaks from the Moon, in Arabic:

"Attention ummah. You have one week to disband all jihadi organizations, and surrender their members to the relevant authorities, dead or alive, or the Grand Mosque becomes a reeking crater."
(Voice switches to French)
"Attention, EU bureaucrats, we have a list of 613 repulsive imans currently resident in the European community. You have 3 days to hand them over to the Russian Army Veteran's Association; or shoot them yourselves, as you like; or the 4th Arrondisement goes up in flames."
(switches to English)
"Attention Berkeley city council....Oh, to hell with it. LAUNCH NOW!"
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2005-07-06 02:24  

#5  Tranzi authoritarians HATE spaceflight, perhaps because they can peer into the future and see something that is forever beyond centralized control.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2005-07-06 01:56  

#4  With a reasonably autonomous or perhaps mobile presence on the Moon; and a fairly small amount of the right technology, all of it available to civilians; a handful of people could essentially hold the world hostage. This scenario, seen in many a sci-fi story, is moving into the realm of sober reality a lot faster than many realize.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2005-07-06 01:52  

#3  Shouldn't be to hard---all it takes is the energy to get it up there, and then to nudge it in out of orbit.
Escape velocity in reverse, with fins for guidance and a hell of a punch.
Posted by: Asedwich   2005-07-06 01:45  

#2  I am looking forward to private citizens and space pirates acquiring this capability, the better to hold the UN at bay when private enterprise moves into space.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2005-07-06 01:32  

#1  Hurrah for kinetic weapons! Long live the lizardoid Rove!
Posted by: Asedwich   2005-07-06 01:19  

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