"No one has ever produced a statement of fact that was technically true. The most accurate statements of science we have today are accurate to only 15 decimal places." - Bart Kosko

Orbital Weapon Lancet (OWL) A kinetic energy weapon placed in Earth orbit.

...we have decided to utilize a class of kinetic kill projectiles known as Lancets - essentially guided steel telephone poles tipped with a chemical warhead. They're designed to fall from low Earth orbit and punch a hole in the ground, through several hundred feet of dirt, reinforced concrete and even steel. They then incinerate anything within the relatively small but very deep impact crater... From Quantico, by Greg Bear.

Published by Vanguard in 2007

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See also the flying crowbars from Footfall, the 1985 novel by Niven and Pournelle. Jerry Pournelle wrote about this idea as early as 1964.

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