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A comment on China's GPS 'rival' Beidou. Parent comment

Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by slededit on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:33PM (#18278230)
You can destroy something without taking it out of orbit. The pieces will happily carry on along their orbital trajectories.
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:03PM (#18278486)
It's easier to put something in orbit than to hit something in orbit.
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by slededit on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:46PM (#18279611)
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.
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:13AM (#18281365)
Not meaningfully. If you can get into a similar orbit, it's easy in comparison to intercept.
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