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Sure you could and it would burn up on reentery if it was going more than ~1000km because the first stage can't handle high speeds. That is why they do an "entery burn" to slow it down at just ~500km downrange.

>>65073140
No

>>65073140
I don't think the US has any no nuclear weapon that could do the job, so they would need to create a completely new missile/warhead made to survive re-entry and all that
the F9 can put 18t in orbit witch is decent but that's less than a F15 max payload
as long as the US can gain air supremacy in a matter of hours it's simply unnecessary

>>65073517
Anon, you'd have the warhead as a payload (like a starlink sat).

Release the payload in space, then re-enter wherever you want.

You wouldn't fly the entire rocket to your target and land it where you want the warhead to go.

>>65073619
just add a couple mm of steel to the bombs for reentry, im pretty sure theyll be fine as-is with current bombs
add a cheapo cold gas thruster for aiming the bombs

>>65073642
Wood is great for heatshields and was used for early reentery testing by everyone, doesn't get much cheaper than that.

Yes it would call your representative now or write an essay
(not it wouldnt but Im scared to shit of asteroids and I want ballistic technology to get all the funds it can get)

>>65073140
>cheaper
after paying for the army of highly-paid engineers to babysit each launch, you'll be far behind

>>65073140
just use an ICBM? and there are reasons ICBM aren't used in a conventional role. always thought it funny that arguably the most advanced weapon system in existence, most any target on earth in 30 minutes, can't be used for fear of setting of armageddon.

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>>65073140
>OP picrel
American space dominance is kinda cool. Makes me feel patriotic in a wholesome non-racist way.

>>65073659
Don't worry anon, humanity is so great at group efforts if we find out an asteroid is coming we'll have 2 world wars by the time it gets here.