Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm
by openasocket on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:18PM
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I don't think you'd necessarily have deniability. We have early warning radars and satellite networks now capable of identifying an ICBM missile launch in the boost phase. Even with only ground-based sensor detecting the missile in the midcourse, it is a ballistic missile, which means the missile follows a predictable trajectory. This can be used to fairly precisely determine what it is aiming at, but also could be used to trace the missile back to a launch site.
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Re:Deliberately optimizing for harm
by upsidesinclude on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:37PM
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Well from space, the point of origin is a bit arbitrary. We could just wait for our satellite to reach enemy territory.
Also, ICBMs in their present form would not likely resemble anything deployed in space