I was more intrigued by the lack of bunker penetration, that'd be the whole point of them. But I also wouldn't be surprised if it's just PLA disinfo.

SpaceX already made it cost viable, it wasn't in cold war times.

Maybe once you can make the Rods in space or on the moon it would become economical.

Wumbo

China put out a paper in the last few years claiming rods from God wouldn't be as effective as previously believed... What an interesting thing to study.