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Since it's maiden voyage I would guess not much other than a prolonged check-out, maybe some surveillance and/or mapping. As for the overall mission mandate ma
by jbester 16y ago
Since it's maiden voyage I would guess not much other than a prolonged check-out, maybe some surveillance and/or mapping.
As for the overall mission mandate may directly or indirectly be related to prompt global strike, a kinetic kill system (either for satellites or for ground targets), or electronic warfare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god
- tsotha 16y agoNeither of those strike applications make much sense for this platform. If you were going to put bombs in space you're only wasting payload capacity by including a ship.