Engineering Physics Annotation << Back Tandem System for Destroying Large Asteroids Pletnev L.V. Comets, meteoroids, and small-sized asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere either burn up or break apart into pieces without causing signifi cant destruction. The considerable danger lies in space objects measuring several tens of meters in diameter. The descent of such objects poses a major threat to the population. Consequently, there arises the issue of detecting such objects, determining their trajectory, diverting their path, and destruction. Currently, the main unresolved problem is the destruction of dangerous space objects. For the destruction of asteroids larger than 10 m in size, a system consisting of a tungsten rod and a nuclear charge has been proposed. A tungsten rod is needed to create a crater on the surface of the asteroid into which a nuclear charge falls behind it, since effective destruction of the asteroid is only possible if the nuclear charge ends up in the asteroid at a depth of several tens of meters. Two types of real experiments are proposed to determine the degree of destruction of asteroid models in real and model experiments. Keywords: asteroid, destruction, tungsten rod, nuclear charge. DOI: 10.25791/infi zik.2.2024.1388 Pp. 45-48.