In order to act with extreme speed against threats — terrorist leaders, smuggled nuclear or chemical arms — that emerge and disappear in a flash, U.S's Pentagon has a bold program of creating a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, hence to strike virtually anywhere on the face of the Earth within 60 minutes!When the order comes, the sub shoots a 65-ton Trident II ballistic missile into the sky. Within 2 minutes, the missile is traveling at more than 20,000 ft. per second. Up and over the oceans and out of the atmosphere it soars for thousands of miles. At the top of its parabola, hanging in space, the Trident's four warheads separate and begin their screaming descent down toward the planet. Traveling as fast as 13,000 mph, the warheads are filled with scored tungsten rods with twice the strength of steel. Just above the target, the warheads detonate, showering the area with thousands of rods-each one up to 12 times as destructive as a .50-caliber bullet. Anything within 3000 sq. ft. of this whirling, metallic storm is obliterated.
Now, this is definitely a weapon of mass destruction.
Link & Image: Popular Mechanics
Tags: Military | Weapons
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