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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I think y'all are missing the point here.

It's really to justify the production and testing of an insanely large planet altering weapon that would create a really cool firework.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Actually, one of their feasibility assumptions is that the device is too large to be used militarily.

https://arxiv.org/html/2501.06623v1#%3A%7E%3Atext=Confronting+the+escalating+threat+of%2CEnhanced+Rock+Weathering+%28ERW%29.

[–] Adalast 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think they underestimate a military's desire to use all of the things that go boom.

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