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Re:UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space by jburgess777 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:16PM (#23934284)
> it’s too expensive.

Can you identify a time when cost was obviously a signifcant factor in a military choice? To me it seems that cost is low in the grand scheme of things.

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Re:UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space by cryptonector on Friday July 24, 2020 @01:07AM (#23935939)
Cost is not no object to the military.

If they could have 1,000 asat sats, they'd want to have 1,000. Can you imagine them saying "sure, let's just have an X-37B, one, just one, it will do"? If you need these in a shooting war, 1 ain't gonna be enough. You need lots of them. You can't have lots of them if: they're big and heavy (launches are too infrequent and too expensive) or if they're too expensive (you want 1,000 but can only afford 10).

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