Talk:Orbital bombardment

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Contents 1 Does the U.S. already have weapons of orbital bombardment? 2 Star Destroyer firepower 3 Order: Base Delta Zero 4 Homeworld

[edit] Does the U.S. already have weapons of orbital bombardment?

In some circles, of the more paranoid speculative and conspiracy theory type, it has been suggested that the United States might already have orbital bombardment technology, albeit on small scale. An object, such as a chunk of dense rock - perhaps depleted Uranium - could be lifted into orbit via the space shuttle or other means. There, it could be fitted with a high-powered propellant, like a small nuclear device, provided the object was sufficiently shielded from the propelling blast. When detonated, the blast would propel the the object to the ground at etremely high velocity at a selected target, being as precise and at least as effective as a nuclear weapon. It would also have the benefit of not being covered by existing weapons treaties and away from the prying eyes of weapons inspectors. It would also be prohibitively expensive to build.

This is, of course, entirely speculation.

Kevyn 05:30, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If the son of a Bush had it, he would almost certainly have used it by now. A whole lot more Iraqi children could be more easily murdered that way.

No comment. --Kizor 19:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

On a slightly more lucid level, using a nuclear explosive as propellant would in fact be covered by existing treaties that prohibit the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. Not to mention being a horrendously inefficient use of a nuclear bomb that could be much more effectively used directly on the target. Doesn't sound very plausible to me. Perhaps it's a misunderstanding of a description of the Project Thor concept? Bryan 00:46, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I was going to start an article on orbital weaponry but this seems to be the closest thing. Orbital weaponry could inludde weapons that assaulted the body they orbited, as wel as other orbiting bodies or objects outside of a planets orvital field, should i add that to this article, move this article, or start a new one? thoughts? Solidusspriggan 07:36, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Maybe expand space weapon as a general overview of all of these, and have separate more-specialized articles for each of these specific types of weapon system? Bryan 08:51, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps this article could be expanded science-fiction vise, and a link to real world (albeit quite theoretical) occurences be provided with Space warfare (or Space weapon). Scoo 15:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Star Destroyer firepower

According to the Attack of the Clones: Incredible Cross - Sections, an outdated Acclamator class troop transport's individual medium turbolasers are rated at 200 gigatons each. This seems to suggest that the firepower of a single turbolaser blast from an Imperator class Star Destroyer is far greater than a simple atomic bomb.

That is true. Michael Wong wrote articles on Star Destroyer firepower, as well as Saxton's SWTC -SWF

[edit] Order: Base Delta Zero

I do not think that it was introduced during the Clone Wars, as I remember that in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith fleet performed a similar order on Taris. Therefore, I will change it. Thank you. Totema1 04:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Also, I remember that the Sith also bombarded the planet Telos IV, which was actually earlier than the bombing of Taris. Just pointing that out. Totema1 17:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Homeworld

I specifically remember the game mentioning that it was an illegal "atmospheric deprivation weapon" that destroyed Kharak, not orbital bombardment, although I'm sure that took place as well. If I remember correctly, the Taiidani had to use the ADW because Kharak's defenses proved too strong for conventional orbital attacks. Chronolegion 14:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)