Look, That was a shorter reply than I wanted to give but I was interrupted....
My point is that there IS NO REASONABLE military application of the deep impact mission, and those most loudly claiming there is are conspiracy theorists trying to stir up the masses. Mostly anti-space or Anti-american luddites.
The guidance of the probe is not that useful.... we have Tomahawks that can be guided to a given window of a building as it is...
The destructive power is not THAT impressive especially when the cost is factored in (To do real damage to an Earth based target you need to launch something FAR more massive than the deep impact probe, and then give it a HUGE (ie 20,000 miles per hour) delta V and then slam it back on your target without burning up on re-entry...)
There are just so many more effective ways of knocking out a target.... It just really isnt practical... I was NOT trying to flame you, I was just trying to point out that the argument really makes no sense...
Space/Science » in reply to true KC form there RL
Buck, cut me some slack...