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Senacharim t1_j0l1eq9 wrote

Reply to comment by ThrowawaysROKYea in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz

What we need is a hollow-point tungsten arrow to shoot at asteroids.

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ThrowawaysROKYea t1_j0laokn wrote

Well I said tungsten because it's the 'strongest' metal we have but if going for hollowpoints probably the best idea would be APFSDS segmented with Aluminium spacers so it can shatter inside the asteroid dispersing more energy.

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