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Re:Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @06:57PM (#44894862)
> at least i theory it could do this maneuver from orbit

Nukes from LEO aren't impossible. They're just impossible to do better than the current triad. Any breakthrough in propulsion that would make a plane change easier or less visible confers the same advantages to an ICBM. There is a narrow window in which orbital nuking can outperform, and that's almost entirely taken care of--and exceeded, in stealth--by SLBMs.

Re:Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA... by throwaway290 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @02:12AM (#44897242)
Nuking from orbit was not literal. The point of sats is intercepting. Sats allow you to nuke the other guy while intercepting his rockets. Same result...
Re:Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 14, 2025 @03:19AM (#44897656)
> The point of sats is intercepting. Sats allow you to nuke the other guy while intercepting his rockets

Space-based missile defence is not what’s implied by weapons that are “already up” and thus “give a lot less warning in a first strike situation?”