Less QQ, More High Velocity Kinetic Tungsten Rods

Why nuke somebody when you can use Trident missiles to spike people with rebar at ballistic speeds?

The plan backed by the panel calls for putting up to four non-explosive "dispersible kinetic energy projectiles" atop each missile. Each GPS-guided projectile would contain about 1,000 tungsten rods that would strike the target at a mile a second (a fuse could spew them more widely across the ground, with less impact, or let all 250 pounds hit the same point for maximum destruction). The force of a single rod, the report says, would be similar to that of a hefty 50-caliber bullet. The lack of any explosive would generate precise mayhem, "comparable to the type of limited damage caused by meteor strikes," it adds.

I'm sure there's a nice big fat overpriced weapon system contract in there for some quality, quality pork.