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by htrp 38 days ago
> Starfall weighs approximately 4,600 pounds (2.1 metric tons) with a capacity for about 2,200 pounds (1 metric ton) of payload, for a total weight of 6,800 pounds (3.1 metric tons).

Dropping 3 tons of kinetic force or a literal metric ton of explosives on top of a target seems like a great DoD use case.

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Ah... Starfall is a big hockey puck. Actual warheads - especially kinetic impactors - have much pointier shapes, so air drag won't slow them to a crawl before they reach their targets. And fins, so they can steer at their targets - vs. "oops, there was a bit more cross-wind; it missed by 400 feet".

For the use cases you mention, Starfall would basically be an expensive square wheel.