{"id":11837,"date":"2021-12-21T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2021-12-25T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T23:20:55","slug":"rods-from-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/12\/21\/rods-from-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Rods From God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/4329646\/space-war-weapons-satellites-shoot-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The U.S. Sun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">STAR WARS The terrifying future space weapons \u2013 \u2018rods from God\u2019 meteorites, molten metal cannons and weaponised asteroids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sun Online takes a glimpse at the array of weapons and space tech under development which are set to make outer-space the ultimate battleground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Patrick Knox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11838\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-3.png 659w, https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WEAPONISED asteroids, &#8220;rods from god&#8221; raining down on Earth and cannon firing molten metal and \u2014 it sounds like something from a sci-fi movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But these bizarre weapons may soon become a reality as space becomes the final frontier for superpower warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reality of a space war moved closer today as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/4328484\/putin-alliance-china-space-weapons-plunge-west-dark-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Putin revealed a new alliance with China<\/a>&nbsp;to create space weapons that could unleash havoc in the West if its satellites were targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at his annual news conference, the Russian strongman leader said the partnership was \u201cstrategic\u201d amid growing tensions with NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously revealed by Sun Online,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/1986627\/russia-china-space-weapons-crash-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian and Chinese space weapons<\/a>&nbsp;could send the West into the Dark Ages should it destroy satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is feared an orbital onslaught could shut down hospitals, crash the economy, knock out communications, and cause mass blackouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/4329646\/space-war-weapons-satellites-shoot-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at The Sun<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The U.S. Sun STAR WARS The terrifying future space weapons \u2013 \u2018rods from God\u2019 meteorites, molten metal cannons and weaponised asteroids The Sun Online takes a glimpse at the array of weapons and space tech under development which are set to make outer-space the ultimate battleground by Patrick Knox WEAPONISED asteroids, &#8220;rods from god&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}