But why not a kinetic weapon though? 1000kg tungsten rod coming at 5 km/s and 3000K will sink any ship.
A bit tricky to aim though - basically the moment you initiate the burn for re-entry, you give 15 minute warning.
A bit tricky to aim though - basically the moment you initiate the burn for re-entry, you give 15 minute warning.
Plus it's easier to intercept orbital bombardment since you know where it is ahead of time and have plenty of time to intercept.
These are fired from light hours away at approximately 0.2 to 0.3 c. I had assumed that something going so fast would just disintegrate if it hit an atmosphere head on? The projectiles are described as "increasing velocity" as they approach, and they strike with gigaton effects. I remember reading an xkcd that showed something traveling so fast in atmosphere would cause huge explosions from air turned into plasma.