Testing the US Military’s Worst Idea

An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it. Head to to start your free trial. The first 200 will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Massive thanks to Archisand for building such a beautiful sandcastle. @GregLeBon Huge thanks to John and Angie Miller for helping us with securing the shooting location and going above and beyond to make this shoot happen – Thanks to Inland Empire Film Services and the San Bernardino County Film Office for portions of the video shot in the County of San Bernardino. Massive thanks to Dr David Wright for the interview and providing invaluable guidance during the research for this video. Here’s a great video about space-based missile defense – Mass