1. The Mastermind: Jacob Adams
Operation Jötunn
The Mastermind: Jacob Adams
J3: Justin Kuykendall
J3: Lord Casey Roberds
J2: Chad Ribisi
J4: Nick Bandeira
J9: Peter Rule

2. Welcome to Operation Jötunn
Concept overview
Cost comparison
Components of Operation Jötunn
Operation Jötunn execution
Biological effects
Human Impacts
Conclusion
Sources

3. Concept Overview Firefighting vs kinetic bombardment
What is kinetic bombardment?

4. Cost Comparison Conventional- $1.7 billion for 2013 in the US
Damage- $300 mil worth from Black Forest Fire
$352.6 mil from Waldo Canyon
Plus nation-wide costs
Total launch cost- $107.2 mil
Upkeep of $6 mil annually
Lives saved mil

5. Components of Operation Jötunn
Four armed satellites
4 tracking satellites *note* 24 foot diameter crater
Micro guidance system
Shielding
20’ long 1’ diameter tungsten HD18.5
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Booster

6. Operation Jötunn Execution
Immediate area is evacuated, at least a half mile from impact site
Rods are released from satellite
The rods are guided via a spotter satellite
Impact:
The explosion would be equivalent to 120 tons of TNT
A blast wave would be created extinguishing the fire. Note: A fireball would not be created from the explosion, creating only a shockwave.

7. Biological Effects Initial Damage:
Crater would be 7.3 Meters in diameter
Rod would be embedded about 304 meters in the ground
A blast wave would be within the initial zone, with a diameter of 460 Meters, demolishing anything within that radius.
The rods can be recovered
This would be more expensive than purchasing new rods

8. Environmental Effects
Damage done by a fire would be the same as on the impact zone
Tungsten is naturally occurring
Rods could break into ground water, but would have little effect.
Tungsten only lethal in large amounts of airborne particles
Particles would be buried within the sedimentary before any serious damage

9. Human Impact Impact varies on deployment location
Urban environment provides risks for collateral damage
Rural areas allow for easier evacuation , and for increased control on the target location.

10. Conclusion
Operation Jötunn would be a cost effective project to combat forest fires
Cheaper over all
No use of water and limited environmental effects
Would be used to combat fires that can transition into larger fires.

11. Sources:
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12. Sources: Continued
Tungsten density calculator. (n.d.). Retrieved from
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2005). Toxicological profile for tungsten. Retrieved from website:
U.S. Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center. (2013). Federal firefighting costs (suppression only). Retrieved from website:
Wellerstein, A. (2012, February). Nukemap. Retrieved from