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We recently wrote a piece about space warfare for Orbital Index: https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2020-12-02-Issue-93/#space-warfare https://orbitalindex.com/ar
by tectonic 6y ago
We recently wrote a piece about space warfare for Orbital Index: https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2020-12-02-Issue-93/#space-warfare https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2020-12-02-Issue-93/#space-...
One of the resources we linked to was this recent PDF (https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Reesman_PhysicsWarSpace_20201001.pdf https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Reesman_Ph...) called "The physics of space war: how orbital dynamics constrain space-to-space engagements" from Aerospace Corp. which talks about how the limited ∆v budgets of space vehicles limits warfare and makes planning and timing essential to an attack. The PDF, oddly, has the following invisible text on the first page if you click and drag to highlight it: "THIS MATERIAL IS BEING PROVIDED PRE-RELEASE SOLELY FOR THE USE OF GEN. JAMES DICKINSON, AND IS NOT APPROVED FOR RELEASE."
- edumucelli 6y agoNice find!
- sandworm101 6y agoSuch statements are true of low-orbit but once you get out to places like geostationary orbits things do slow down. Sats out there can do things with much lower deltaV, things like direct dashes at targets, that are not practical in lower orbits.
- nine_k 6y agoI suspect it is similar to naval warfare: distances are long, there's nowhere to hide, and maneuvers are limited.