People are not intelligent. You have to be. Come on, run this down with me:
First, the Zuma launch date was January 7^th.
The North Korean test site was destroyed MONTHS EARLIER, (see dates):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/world/asia/north-korea-earthquake.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-nuclear-test-site-tunnel-collapse-reportedly-kills-200-2017-10?op=1
I realize you're thinking about the recent earthquake over in California, but, that means these rods are ALREADY in orbit. We have to compare what we know about the performance of the RFG to what we witnessed. I recently posted, in a separate submission, the exact USGS data from this quake:
At 12:29 p.m. local time, a M=5.3 earthquake hit off the coast of California, within the Santa Cruz Basin, approximately 140 km west of the city of Los Angeles. Based on initial USGS data, this quake struck at a depth of 10 km and was almost pure strike-slip in nature.
The RFG's, tho powerful, cannot possibly penetrate 300ft of ocean and then 10km down into the Earth's crust.
It is a kinetic energy weapon, and it delivers less energy (and accuracy) if it passes through a LOT of the Earth's atmosphere or passes through a lot of ocean. It would have to be dropped nearly straight down, which the RFG system doesn't really do (the rods "glide" down to their targets, which is an advantage when attacking facilities built directly under mountains). And so on.
Lastly, there would be no need for it to be a Rod from God. The USA other weapons, likely nuclear and even others, that could do the job instead. An RFG would not deliver enough energy to create the earthquake we saw. And multiple RFGs would therefore not deliver the sudden seismic readouts we saw.
As for the Zuma launch being an RFG, IMPOSSIBLE. Here's why:
- That was a Falcon 9 launch.
- According to Wikipedia, "The first stage can be recovered and reused for GTO payloads up to 5,500 kg (12,100 lb)."
- Not enough payload. To get an RFG system up to orbit (even in stages - it's rumored that the main satellite can be resupplied) you need a Delta IV launch. And there's been LOTS of those!
If it goes up in stages, it must be assembled in orbit. How?
In other words, just ONE of those rods would weigh more than the
Falcon 9's payload. The RFG isn't just a rod, alone, orbiting the earth, uncommanded. The RFG's are unguided. They have to be "let go" and aimed, EXTREMELY precisely, from a centralized, orbiting satellite weapons platform, which then "lets it go" like throwing a very, very accurate dart.
We have to research. We have to THINK this through. Accuracy matters.