Re:Analysis of the Cosmos 1408 Breakup
by nieve on Sunday November 21, 2021 @05:01AM
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I believe that's the general consensus on what would happen, except it wouldn't just be military satellites if there were munitions to spare. There's only a small chance that all sides would refrain because they didn't want their own attacked and as soon as one side starts there's no reason for the others not to.
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Wouldn’t it be a domino effect where debris from the first few military satellites would destroy pretty much everything in orbit?
You are right. This scenario is known as Kessler syndrome.