Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:17PM
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> Any country that can launch a satellite has a technology to destroy one
It's easier to put something in orbit than to knock something out of orbit.
You can destroy something without taking it out of orbit. The pieces will happily carry on along their orbital trajectories.
Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:03PM
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It's easier to put something in orbit than to hit something in orbit.
Well I'll disagree with my own unsubstantiated claim. Consider that its easier to manufacture flak shells than make airplanes. The same applies to space.
Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:13AM
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Not meaningfully. If you can get into a similar orbit, it's easy in comparison to intercept.
Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou
by marssaxman on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @06:20PM
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You don't even need much of a missile, if you happen to have an air force; back in 1985 the USAF did a test in which the pilot of an F-15 shot down a satellite, from an altitude of 38,000 feet.
Aren't GPS satellites geostationary?
Any country that can launch a satellite has a technology to destroy one. It's called a missile. You don't even need to go to orbit - just intersect the orbit of the target and dump a bucket of nails in its path.