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People Just Tested The Cold War's Weirdest Weapon Idea In The Desert

The Cold War had plenty of wild military ideas and "rods from God" is perhaps the strangest.

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Kinetic bombardment is sometimes known as the "rods from God." Image credit: muratart/Shutterstock.com

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