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"If I can make you see the world the way I see it, then you will automatically think the way I think."
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I think human beings have always known that you have a special ally when you are fighting people who are below you.
The general concept can be traced back to the 1960s. At the annual meeting of the American Astronautical Society, in January, 1962 Dandridge M. Cole warned that as early as 1970 the Soviets could develop the technology to divert a near earth asteroid to impact a target on earth.
Ivan's Hammer, as it was called, is the idea to use a natural asteroid or meteoroid as a weapon of mass destruction in a first-strike role.
Pournelle described a weapons system like this in 1964; he published a more complete description in 1975. He describes it this way:
Read more at JerryPournelle.com.
Robert Heinlein used this general idea in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress; see the article for mass driver catapult.
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