Kinetic Bombardment Help Kurt Feltenberger (28 Nov 2014 16:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Tim (29 Nov 2014 23:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Ian Whitchurch (29 Nov 2014 23:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Kurt Feltenberger (29 Nov 2014 23:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Tim (30 Nov 2014 07:48 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Grimmund (01 Dec 2014 02:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Kurt Feltenberger (01 Dec 2014 03:25 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Ian Whitchurch (01 Dec 2014 05:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Tim (02 Dec 2014 04:11 UTC)
Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help shadow@xxxxxx (02 Dec 2014 13:07 UTC)

Re: [TML] Kinetic Bombardment Help Tim 30 Nov 2014 07:48 UTC

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 06:50:22PM -0500, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> Thanks for the reply! Currently the dimensions aren't quite what you
> have listed...the Mjolnir-A is 69.37m long by 7m in diameter, while
> the Mjolnir-B is 38.6m long by 3.5m in diameter.

Yes, those are fine and covered by "arbitrarily larger".  So about
50 000 tonnes for Mjolnir-A and 7000 tonnes for Mjolnir-B if made from
solid tungsten.

> The goal is pretty much slag cities, mountains, Terrasques, and
> other bits and bobs that might need smiting from orbit.

Both of them would be comparable in minimum impact energy to nuclear
detonations -- obviously with Mjollnir-A being comparable to larger
weapons.  The exact details would depend upon how fast they hit.

- Tim