Ghost Transmission — REDACTED [RDCT-58-002]: Project Thor
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They called it Rods from God.
Eight hundred miles above your head, a satellite sits in low Earth orbit. Inside its magazine: tungsten rods. Twenty feet long. Nine thousand kilograms each. No warhead. No explosive. Just mass, and gravity, and a deorbit command sent from a console somewhere you'll never find on a map.
From release to impact: fourteen minutes. Terminal velocity: Mach 10. Energy on target: the equivalent of 11.5 tons of TNT — with zero radiation signature, zero treaty fingerprint, and nothing to intercept.
The Pentagon called it the Hypervelocity Rod Bundle system. Jerry Pournelle conceived it in 1958. Boeing Aerospace drew up the specifications. The USAF wanted it operational.
They killed the project in 1967.
Not because it didn't work. Because it worked too well — and the Outer Space Treaty had just banned weapons of mass destruction in orbit.
Article IV. Look it up.
This entry from the REDACTED collection contains the recovered schematics: orbital platform profile, attitude control array, HRB deployment mechanism, tungsten penetrator specifications, and the full kinetic yield record. This document was sealed. It was not meant to surface.
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Serial RDCT-58-002 — Ghost Transmission REDACTED Division
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
Disclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer and may appear see-through, especially in lighter colors or under certain lighting conditions.
Ghost Transmission — REDACTED [RDCT-58-002]: Project Thor
$38.00
Sale price
$38.00
Regular price
Eight hundred miles above your head, a satellite sits in low Earth orbit. Inside its magazine: tungsten rods. Twenty feet long. Nine thousand kilograms each. No warhead. No explosive. Just mass, and gravity, and a deorbit command sent from a console somewhere you'll never find on a map.
From release to impact: fourteen minutes. Terminal velocity: Mach 10. Energy on target: the equivalent of 11.5 tons of TNT — with zero radiation signature, zero treaty fingerprint, and nothing to intercept.
The Pentagon called it the Hypervelocity Rod Bundle system. Jerry Pournelle conceived it in 1958. Boeing Aerospace drew up the specifications. The USAF wanted it operational.
They killed the project in 1967.
Not because it didn't work. Because it worked too well — and the Outer Space Treaty had just banned weapons of mass destruction in orbit.
Article IV. Look it up.
This entry from the REDACTED collection contains the recovered schematics: orbital platform profile, attitude control array, HRB deployment mechanism, tungsten penetrator specifications, and the full kinetic yield record. This document was sealed. It was not meant to surface.
WEAR THE ARCHIVE
Serial RDCT-58-002 — Ghost Transmission REDACTED Division
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
Disclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer and may appear see-through, especially in lighter colors or under certain lighting conditions.
Size guide
| LENGTH (inches) | WIDTH (inches) | CHEST (inches) | |
| XS | 27 | 16 ½ | 31-34 |
| S | 28 | 18 | 34-37 |
| M | 29 | 20 | 38-41 |
| L | 30 | 22 | 42-45 |
| XL | 31 | 24 | 46-49 |
| 2XL | 32 | 26 | 50-53 |
| 3XL | 33 | 28 | 54-57 |
| LENGTH (cm) | WIDTH (cm) | CHEST (cm) | |
| XS | 68.6 | 42 | 78.7-86.4 |
| S | 71.1 | 45.7 | 86.4-94 |
| M | 73.7 | 50.8 | 96.5-104.1 |
| L | 76.2 | 55.9 | 106.7-114.3 |
| XL | 78.7 | 61 | 116.8-124.5 |
| 2XL | 81.3 | 66 | 127-134.6 |
| 3XL | 83.8 | 71.1 | 137.2-144.8 |