Talk:Argentina (Yellowstone: 1936)

Matador Kinetic Weapons System
While many would question the ability of the usage of a Kinetic weapons system or the plausibility of it, the idea for it has been around since the 1950's and 60's. With this the Weapon itself (during the Great South American War) was a test model and wasnt considered a well to do operating device, and was a last resort weapon to save Rio De Janeiro during the Siege of the City.

The MKIS (as it will be further referred too from now on) is launched from an modified ICBM (or in this case an ICBM developed specifically for this system rather than nuclear weapons). It holds anywhere from 10-20 Tungsten (or other material) rods which included with their own propulsion and guidance alongside piggybacking the actual ICBM until some the very last seconds. at this point the "Head" of the delivery system bursts apart and with their own fins and detachable propulsion are launched in a circular patter. Due to the fact a large enough Rod could not be mounted for the desired effect anywhere from 10 to 20 Rods would achieve the damaged earth and area of Effect needed. With this every rod is supposed to hit within the same time period (it does not have to impact all at the same time) and the mass kinetic and disturbance to the ground can cause a localized Earthquake which would be the Desired effect of a full sized Rod.

Some of this is science, other parts of this would be common sense speculation, and others are from my own military knowledge as well as consultation with military persons on the topic. While highly expensive and by todays standards unconventional, the Weapon in this Timeline was developed as an alternative to Nuclear weapons which the Brazilians and Argentinians had signed treaties with their respective allies to not acquire.

The Unchallenged Conqueror #FP (Talk to Me) 00:38, November 14, 2013 (UTC)