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   From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk   
      
   In article ,   
   schillin@spock.usc.edu (John Schilling) writes:   
   |>   
   |> >They can strike fixed targets with CEP approaching 25 feet.   
   |>   
   |> Being completely unguided, they will have CEP approaching that of an ICBM   
   |> warhead.  250 feet, *maybe*, with enormous effort.   
   |>   
   |> >Few elements of air and naval power are invulnerable to bombardment by   
   |> >kinetic energy weapons from space.   
   |>   
   |> Except for those that can withstand an impact 250 feet away, or which can   
   |> move out of the beaten zone in the fifteen minutes it will take for the   
   |> projectile to fall from low orbit.   
   |>   
   |> >No ship can withstand the impact of 20 feet of steel rod at velocities   
   |> >greater than 12,000 feet per second.   
   |>   
   |> Fortunately for the ship, the rod won't actually impact it.   
      
   When in the open sea, equipped with suitable detection equipment,   
   an alert captain, targetted by a small number of those things and   
   so on, yes.  Over a long period, the inability to approach port   
   would be a handicap :-)   
      
   And submarines had better not get located - I would bet that those   
   things make very good depth charges!   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Nick Maclaren.   
      
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