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Is it reasonable to believe that in the event of war, space would turn into a horrific mess of space debris as nation states shot down all of each other’s milit
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
Is it reasonable to believe that in the event of war, space would turn into a horrific mess of space debris as nation states shot down all of each other’s military satellites? I had never thought of this scenario until I read this article.
- pitchyawroll 5y agoIt's probably one part of their strategy. With that said, Russia has far more sinister and worrisome weapons capabilities than their ASAT program - in the event of an actual war.
- nieve 5y agoI believe that's the general consensus on what would happen, except it wouldn't just be military satellites if there were munitions to spare. There's only a small chance that all sides would refrain because they didn't want their own attacked and as soon as one side starts there's no reason for the others not to.
- le-mark 5y agoWouldn’t it be a domino effect where debris from the first few military satellites would destroy pretty much everything in orbit?
- _Microft 5y agoYou are right. This scenario is known as Kessler syndrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
- avian 5y agoIf it comes to the point of shooting down satellites, do space debris even matter? Humanity will blow itself back into the stone age and no-one will be launching anything new into orbit for centuries anyway.
- simonh 5y agoI can imagine hostilities that are severe enough to involve mutual satellite strikes but not so severe as to involve nuclear strikes. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan might escalate like that, for example.
- belter 5y agoI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein