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Re:Analysis of the Cosmos 1408 Breakup by avian on Sunday November 21, 2021 @09:56AM (#29296548)
If it comes to the point of shooting down satellites, do space debris even matter? Humanity will blow itself back into the stone age and no-one will be launching anything new into orbit for centuries anyway.
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Re:Analysis of the Cosmos 1408 Breakup by belter on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:48AM (#29297649)
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones".

Albert Einstein

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Re:Analysis of the Cosmos 1408 Breakup by simonh on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:20AM (#29297362)
I can imagine hostilities that are severe enough to involve mutual satellite strikes but not so severe as to involve nuclear strikes. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan might escalate like that, for example.
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