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what you are describing is an interplanetary MAD, kind of Expanse style. We're definitely coming to it. Moon and Mars colonies will have nuclear reactors and Ma
by trhway 5y ago
what you are describing is an interplanetary MAD, kind of Expanse style. We're definitely coming to it. Moon and Mars colonies will have nuclear reactors and Mars ships will be nuclear. The weaponization will happen the first moment some threat happens, which is a given.
>totally resistant to any attack
it isn't possible for any non-minor period of time as the other side would go exponential in their effort to change that.
- seiferteric 5y agoYes but I was thinking of one group can get the early "highground" they can shoot down any others attempting to start another colony or probe their location, then permanently maintain order "down there".
- ethbr0 5y agoThat's Old Man's War (2005, Scalzi) [0], itself a twist on the (much darker) The Forever War (1974, Haldeman) [1]. Both are predicated on the extra-Earth faction having overwhelming technological superiority and resources. Gravity is not that helpful. So, not "initial colony" stages. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man%27s_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man%27s_War [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War