.......and waste a shit ton of fuel accelerating a telephone pole sized tungsten rod up to an orbital velocity only to slow it down again with a re-entry burn and gradually walk a target vector across the map.

It is an egregious waste of fuel and the most ridiculous delivery mechanism conceivable except sending the weapon around Alpha Centuri first.

You can not explain this to people who don't "orbital mechanics" cause they think the rods "fall" out of space like some 5 year old.

.......and waste a shit ton of fuel accelerating a telephone pole sized tungsten rod past escape velocity only to slow it down again with a re-entry burn and gradually walk a target vector across the map.

It is an egregious waste of fuel and the most ridiculous delivery mechanism conceivable except sending the weapon around Alpha Centuri first.

You can not explain this to people who don't "orbital mechanics" cause they think the rods "fall" out of space like some 5 year old.