I saw the meteor crash into Russia yesterday.  I heard and felt the sonic boom from the YouTube videos.  It was hugely scary.

If the Soviets had seen this 20 years or more ago, they would probably have thought it was a preemptive nuclear strike.  The Soviets would have retaliated and that would have been the end of the world as we know it.

Could this be the beginning of a new type of space warfare against incoming huge meteors?  Speculation.  Not really.  A few years ago, there was a movie made on this very topic.  Huge meteor was going to hit the planet.  A strike force was sent up to destroy the comet which they did successfully.

It’s strange how other worldly risk events, such as meteors  can take our focus away from the day to day concerns.