Asteroid in 2014 :(

[Duece]

No, ICBMs only enter the upper atmosphere. They don't actually leave Earth's outer atmosphere, they just go very very high up, like Aerospace jets. Also, not all ICBMs are nuclear-equipped.

We don't have the capability to deflect an asteroid. What you've seen in ridiculous movies like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" is what is known as science fiction.

If a large Asteroid, "the size of texas" was hurtling towards us, yes, we might try to stop it. But it wouldn't be anything like in those movies, and it most likely wouldn't work.

uhhh what you mean not all ICBMs are nuke equiped i think they are called intercontinentelBALLISTICmissles for a reason. all icbms we have are nukes.


and assuming ive even seen armageddon or deep impact is rediculous ive never seen those movies. and i dont plan to im not a movie type person.

in space things change a lot, something the size of texas would be weightless as long as we apply enough force to deflect it it can be done.
and it doesnt even have to be applied all at once. we can send missle after missle and hell we can prolly even put it to a total stop or send it back were it came from. if we can hit a missle to missle i think we can hit something the size of texas with a nuke or a smaller weapon.

 

[KarrdeKNR]

In space, things don't change as much as you'd think. Only difference is that there's no frictioin force from air. Things are weightless, yes, massless, no. (weight, for those who don't know is another word for the force of gravity [X Mass times g]) The bigger the mass, the more inertia ya got to deal with, aka it takes a hell of a lot more force to move something. Being that force is the product of mass times acceleration, and that the mass of anything we'd use would be essentially nothing compared to the asteroid, we'd have to be able to provide one hell of an acceleration. One far greater than the gravitational force between earth and the asteroid. So basically, at this juncture, there'd be no way we could apply enough force to it. As for ICBMs and Nukes, they're unrelated. An ICBM is simply a type of missile system. It just happens that the only ICBMs are nukes. They could be used for other payloads, but it'd be a waste of resources.

-Karrde-

 

[Nuttzy]

now with all those fancy words in there, you know people are just going to assume your right, cuz they dont understand a damn thing you just said heh, (a jab at the younger visitors)

 

[SailorAlea]

uhhh what you mean not all ICBMs are nuke equiped i think they are called intercontinentelBALLISTICmissles for a reason. all icbms we have are nukes.


and assuming ive even seen armageddon or deep impact is rediculous ive never seen those movies. and i dont plan to im not a movie type person.

in space things change a lot, something the size of texas would be weightless as long as we apply enough force to deflect it it can be done.
and it doesnt even have to be applied all at once. we can send missle after missle and hell we can prolly even put it to a total stop or send it back were it came from. if we can hit a missle to missle i think we can hit something the size of texas with a nuke or a smaller weapon.

Karrdre basically said what I was going to say, but I'll sum it up.

All of our nukes use ICBMs, except submarines and stealth bombers. All of the "nuclear missiles" are ICBMs. You seem to assosciate "BALLISTIC" with Nuclear. It has NOTHING to do with it.

Not all ICBMs are nuclear, and they weren't originally developed with nuclear weapons in mind.

Also, just because something is "weightless" in space, doesn't mean that a toddler can pick up a mountain. You have to have the required force to cancel out the object's inertia, and propel it the other way.

And the "missile to missile" concept you mention has only been tested several times, and it's very ineffective; especially during any type of weather except shining daylight.

 

[SaiyanPrideXIX]

We can fire missiles from satellites onto the earth already. Do you honestly think a direct hit with a few 500 megaton nuclear warheads--in deep space, with no resistence--would really NOT tear that thing apart? Seriously.

Nasa's funding isn't even an issue. Combat from orbit has been something that I'm sure everyone in Washington was thinking during the Russian Space Race. That's actually WHY we started our space program, if I remember correctly--so the Russians couldn't have the upper hand.

Either way I am not worried. That thing will be nuked to pebbles before it ever gets here.

Offtopic, I'd just like to slap all of the "this is fake, like y2k" nay-sayers upside the head. While you little ****ing pukes were sitting in school *****ing that your english teachers and math teachers were *******s, and in general being snotnosed little brats, programmers like myself, my mother, and my father, were BUSTING THEIR ASS ROUND THE CLOCK to fix that stupid bug. THAT is why nothing ever happened: we fixed it beforehand. Not because it was some internet government myth.

****ing dumb ungrateful little kids.

EDIT: I have been informed by a close personal friend who does Air Force intel that the original trajectory was miscalculated, and that the meteor actually has a 0% chance of impact now. So this whole thread is mute, and ought to be immediately deleted to avoid spreading any false information, such as that ridiculous ******* who told everyone that ballistic and nuclear apparently mean the same thing, and that all ICBM weaponry is nuclear in nature.

Yeah. I forget your name, but whoever that was, was an uneducated son of a *****. We've fired like between 400 and 5000 ICBMs into Iraq...do you mean to tell me we shot off that many NUCLEAR MISSILES? Are you ****ing stupid or what? Seriously...tell your dad what you've done so he doesn't make any more.

Anyway, the asteroid isn't gonna hit. It'll come close enough to see in 2014 or so, they theorize, but it won't hit. So everyone can relax and this thread can get closed and erased.

 

[Death Biscuit]

A few 500 megaton warheads might do the trick, but since most nuclear warheads are less than 10 megatons, we might have a bit of a problem there.

Oh and I just loved this ironic little gem:

Yeah. I forget your name, but whoever that was, was an uneducated son of a *****. We've fired like between 400 and 5000 ICBMs into Iraq...do you mean to tell me we shot off that many NUCLEAR MISSILES? Are you ****ing stupid or what? Seriously...tell your dad what you've done so he doesn't make any more.

400-5000 ICBMs were launched into Iraq? Lol . . . and you say he's uneducated. America-and Britain-used plenty of cruise missiles, but ICBMS are designed to be launched over extremely long ranges, that's why they're called Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. They don't have to carry nuclear payloads, but pretty much all of them do because, as Karrde said, that's the most effective use of the missile system. I don't know where you got this ludicrous idea that such weapons were used against Iraq.

 

[DiebytheSword]

In addition, there are no longer cruise missiles fired from aircraft that have nuclear weapons. We have dismantled those weapons by treaty first.

Aircraft only carry nuclear bombs.

 

[b@dm0nk3h]

Well all I can say is if it does hit earth hope your in the blast radious of the explosion so you will be vaporized and wont suffer. I wouldnt like to be on the opposite side of the earth when it hits because the blast will cause 3 mile high waves to cover the earth 3 times, if you survive that the dust caused by the impact will cover the earths atmospher and block out the sun. Eventually all vegetation will die, the earth's oxygen will deminish, the survivors will die a long painful death, starving in cold climate, watching your friends and family die. Sounds fun, doesnt it.

Mankind: 0 A.D - 2014 A.D

 

[<DeurWaardeR>]

by then, if it is going to hit earth, we should all gather togheter and have a big BBQ. also we can set up a LAN and play esf till we die!

 

[Buce]

If it is realy gona hit us i say we only do one thing! PARTY!!!!!! and...roast weenies on it....hahahhahahahahahaha!

 

[CS-LAND]

um.. don't u all worry! Until then kakarot will arrive earth and he will help us! No prob guys!

 

[CS-LAND]

oh yeah, but that means he will be just a boy.... we must tell him about his power and he will be like GOHAN when he faught cell (hopefully) O_O

 

[Tassadar]

Right.. this thread has been dead for a good 3 weeks now.. aaaand.. your not spose to double post.

 

[Jaredster]

We have Titan IV missles. I think we can make many Titan IV and have each of them hold many, many warheads.

 

[Eon]

Reviving Dead Threads = teh bad, please don't do it in the future.