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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by mike_d on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:18PM (#23411992)
> each from 400 undisclosed locations

A point of clarification, submarines are the only nuclear platform with "undisclosed locations." It is trivial for a nation-state to observe the construction and fitment of a fixed ICBM placement, or track the movements of a truck/rail mounted launcher.

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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by varjag on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:30AM (#23413704)
It is certainly not trivial, and definitely out of reach of most nation states out there.

I'm sure U.S. at least tries to keep track of Russian mobile launchers, but to which degree it is successful we wouldn't know for sure. And pretty certain Russia would have problems live tracking launch vehicles (if the USA had any).

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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by imtringued on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:16AM (#23414020)
What prevents the usage of decoy trucks?
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