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> I don't think they've stationed any actual weapons in space. The US Military has spent nearly half a century trying every single trick in the book to get ar

> I don't think they've stationed any actual weapons in space. The US Military has spent nearly half a century trying every single trick in the book to get around the 'laws' and put weapons in space. I would be personally extremely shocked to find that the US does not have militarization of space already stocked with weapons and things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Real_life_concepts_and_theories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Real_life_... https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a458089.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a458089.pdf https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_Project_Thor_would_fire_tungsten_poles_at_targets_from_outer_space_999.html https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_Project_Thor_would_fir... "Rods from God" / Project Thor is a public example of the US Military's unending desire to put weapons in space.

hindsightbias 6y ago
Given all the launches accredited to SDI (and whatever it is named now) over the last 3+ decades it would be quite amazing if not one of them was a weapon test. Just what have they done with all that star wars budget if they were lofting flowers in muzzles?
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  > Just what have they done with all that star wars budget if they were lofting flowers in muzzles? Failing to produce much of use, mostly. It's hardly the first unproductive R&D program in our history. That said, there were absolutely weapons tests as part of SDI; they were just ground-to-space (and eventually turned into the current ABM programs). There were also space-based sensor systems - radars etc. There's no evidence I'm aware of of any US space-to-space weaponry having made it into actual testing.