China readies for a ‘rather nice’ war that could be crucial to our planet

Experts say they could deflect an asteroid from its path by 1,4 times Earth’s radius if rockets hit it together

07 July 2021 - 20:47 By Ryan Woo

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China’s largest rockets to practise turning away a sizeable asteroid, a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth...

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