Quote Originally Posted by BratPAQ View Post
They said its a size of a bus, malamang Nova bus yan kaya madaming nasugatan.

Though I'm a little concern that it entered earth undetected. The 900 casualties could have been avoided if they have predicted the impact site at least hours before impact.

Congress Plans to Hold Hearings Over Our Little Asteroid Problem
It was estimated to be around 9,000 tons on entry. All a conventional missile will do is fragment it slightly. All those big, heavy fragments would still be heading towards the same impact point. Only spread out slightly more, and causing more damage.

To intercept a meteor that big, you want a big nuke. And a nuke would cause some nastier problems than a mere 9,000 tons of rock.