Re:Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA...
by throwaway290 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @02:12AM
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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...
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Re:Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA...
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 14, 2025 @03:19AM
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> 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?”