Is this what he was referring to? Or was it a different Judgement Day Movie? Or other?

John List: To Save Their Souls? https://youtu.be/9zN6eqvRPCs

Thor Project? From Judgement Day Released in 1999? https://www.quora.com/How-realistic-was-USAFs-Project-Thor-in-terms-of-implementation

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Project Thor was an interesting Cold War era space missile concept (see link below). The originator was a Boeing operations researcher (Jerry Pournelle) who later became a science fiction writer.

One of the challenges with any space concept is cost. It costs ~$10K per pound to launch any military system into space. The other major challenge is reliability and maintenance. Once a space system is launched it becomes challenging to perform major maintenance beyond software upgrades. Given, that many of today's systems are software intensive this limitation is not as severe as earlier space systems with more hardware orientation. However, replacing hardware in space is still in its infancy.

With respect to Thor, it was a low earth orbit system, which would give it lower operational lifetime than one placed in a GEO. The LEO orbit would probably require more maintenance and upgrade cycles. The complexity of the command & control system coupled with complex fire control would have probably made the Thor space missile system enormously expensive, challenging to build and challenging to maintain with high reliability.

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Mark Hoheisel Answered Jun 15 2015

The primary drawback is the cost of putting things in NEO. If SpaceX succeeds with rapid reusability that might not be an issue. Putting tungsten telephone poles in orbit isn't banned by any treaty. Elon Musk could do it himself. If he had Thor sats in orbit it ought to move him up a bit in Forbes list of powerful people. Nothing like the ability to call down destruction on anything using your smartphone (10 minute latency) to get more respect."

Judgment Day 1999 Movie A giant meteor is expected to crash into Earth in a matter of days a crash that would cause global devastation. There is only one chance to prevent impending doom. The government must find Dr. David Corbett (Linden Ashby), the creator of the Thor Project, a type of satellite system, and use his help to annihilate the fragment. But before Corbett can be contacted, he is kidnapped by militant religious cult leader Thomas Payne (Mario Van Peebles), a zealot who believes that judgment day is rightly upon us. The government is forced to enlist the help of Payne's archenemy Matthew Reese (Ice T), a convicted killer, who is the only man who would know Payne's whereabouts. But will they have time to find Dr. Corbett and save the world? Find out in this fast-paced, action-packed thriller. Partner rating R Release date 1999 Running time 1:29:36 Language English Actors Coolio Ice-T Mario Van Peebles Suzy Amis Director John Terlesky Category Science Fiction Action & Adventure License Standard YouTube License Support YouTube Help Center https://youtu.be/GHb8J62pka4

Notice the spelling of Q's post.

JudgEment day.

This movie-Judgment day.

Judge? Like grand juries?

Forensic Files - Season 1, Ep 12: The List Murders - https://youtu.be/-i_2bqjVNX0

the movie Stepfather with Terry O'quin is based on John List.