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Carth · 07-10-2021, 08:37

They don't really need to be 'big' to cause widespread damage/devastation, they just have to hit - or explode over - the wrong place.

Something half the size of the Tunguska one would cause a bit of a splash in the ocean, but hitting New York, London, Tokyo . . or a Nuclear power station . . or a critical point on the California fault line . . or kick starting Yellowstone etc.

It wouldn't kill us off, but the far reaching consequences aren't good.

07-10-2021, 08:37	#17
Carth In the gang of three Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hiding . . from all the experts Posts: 4,965	Re: Nasa to crash spacecraft into asteroid in 'Armageddon' test of defences They don't really need to be 'big' to cause widespread damage/devastation, they just have to hit - or explode over - the wrong place. Something half the size of the Tunguska one would cause a bit of a splash in the ocean, but hitting New York, London, Tokyo . . or a Nuclear power station . . or a critical point on the California fault line . . or kick starting Yellowstone etc. It wouldn't kill us off, but the far reaching consequences aren't good. __________________ “You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.” ~ T. Pratchett