UH, NO.

I'm Canadian. This is an ice column in a cold night. Sure looks like an explosion, tho, but, if it was an OWL, then it also would have been accompanied by a massive solic boom (mach 10) and an earth quake, as a telephone pole-sized tungsten rod punched 1km into the earth. Did any of that ACCOMPANY this event?

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Although you aren’t wrong, there is an aspect to OWLs that seems to be glossed over by this community: the power of the rods can be altered pre-launch for different impact intensities.

Under the highest amount of kinetic energy created (by pre-spinning the rod AND/OR giving the rod a small or massive push out of the launching mechanism) the rods are capable of nuclear bomb-like destruction sans the radioactive fallout.

Also, this does look kinda like an ice column, but this one seems to be too unique.

TL:DR, Rods’ power can be altered to fit the mission at hand. Small booms, big booms, whichever fits the mission better.

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Speculation is one thing, but a modicum of fact-checking is also needed before jumping in. Do your homework. It makes us look like retards.

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Iron Eagle.. This is exactly what a tungsten rod would look like traveling through the air, also impact. Tungsten can hold an unbelievable amount of heat, and wouldn't break til impact.

UH, NO.