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How expensive are normal bombs? Didn't the MOAB cost like $16 million?

On the Wikipedia article, it says:

> The system described in the 2003 United States Air Force report was that of 20-foot-long (6.1 m), 1-foot-diameter (0.30 m) tungsten rods

On Amazon, you can buy a tungsten rod with a volume of 2.3 cubic inches and they say it weighs 187 grams. A rod as described in the wiki, would have a volume of 108573 cubic inches. Using the Amazon rod as a reference, the "rod from god" would weigh 8827 kg.

SpaceX says they can launch objects at a cost of $2,719/kg. That would be $24 million.

According the Wikipedia article, a Falcon 9 launch can carry a 22,800 kg payload to Low Earth Orbit and it costs $62 million per launch. If it brings 3 rods per launch, then that's $20 million per rod. Now, that's just the cost to get it into orbit. It doesn't include the cost of the tungsten or the satellite or control it, but we're not talking about crazy costs here.

Take a look at the cost of a nuke

http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/ask/2013/nuclear-weapon-cost.html

> It will cost $8 billion to $10 billion to refurbish 400 to 500 B61 bombs—about $20 million each.

So sure, maybe a rod from god would cost a bit more, but not a lot more. And they are far far more useful. You can't detect the launch. You can't shoot it down. It doesn't cause any radiation. I think it's a good idea.

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You could also create bundles of these rods for more tactical situations. You don't always need to destroy a whole city block. Imagine a single satellite with a bunch of smaller rods as "bullets." Then you can destroy any individual building on Earth in just 15 minutes.

Judge I'll let you use my rifle for any testing any .308 rounds from you! Also if you can machine it here's some tungsten. Or you could pull some M855.