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That was already assuming some guidance, but in a hand-wavy way.

With your explicit nuclear tail:
* Those 30 blocks are heavily guided projectiles, not dumb lumps.
* Each can: - correct injection errors - retarget its outbound asymptote a bit - herd itself back toward the intended corridor if models drift.

This means:
* Your hit rate goes up, i.e. more than 10% of launched blocks will end up in a usable intercept corridor if you design guidance well.
* Your “good” depots are more tightly clustered in phase space, making interception cheaper for a starship.
* You can deliberately space them in time (some ahead, some behind) to give different missions options.

So yes: what you’re describing is exactly the right refinement of the idea, not something I’ve overlooked.