US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test

Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by cinquemb on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:40AM (#25133581)

> might have a chance to shoot down most Chinese reconnaissance satellites first… The best way to do targeting is with a constellation of radar satellites, but those satellites are relatively easy to shoot down…

Seems wasteful, better to have root access (like via X-37b) to them now ahead of time and reroute attacks en route in real time if/when the time comes. Using enemy infrastructure to take out their own seems most efficient.

The whole "Hack A Satellite"[0] partnered with USAF and DDS seems like its leaning operationally in that direction more and more for at least recruitment.

[0] https://nyan-sat.com/

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by mhh__ on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:38AM (#25137221)

The NRO do apparently have football field sized antenna arrays parked near comm sats, so I would guess the hack the satellite thing was to find how much further ahead they are rather than as a proof of concept

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by jeffbee on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:54AM (#25133636)

In cyberwarfare it somehow seems far more likely that the Chinese or even the Russians will use our assets against us, not the other way around.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by cinquemb on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:00AM (#25133658)

If you are considering cyberwarfare the targeting of satellites of weapon systems, and not what most people consider cyberwarfare, I think all sides would be prudent to target such capabilities equally.

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