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Wasn't there a military program for dropping metal rods from space? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?

Yes - kinetic kill ideas are pretty sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Project_Tho...

Lifting that much mass into orbit is pricy though.

Sure, but only from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Rod

Kinetic cruise missiles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

It was never a program, just an idea.

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