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Whenever the X-37 comes up I always re-state my theory that the real purpose is to keep a nuke in orbit at all times. Why not keep nukes on satellites? - It's
by BMc2020 4y ago
Whenever the X-37 comes up I always re-state my theory that the real purpose is to keep a nuke in orbit at all times.
Why not keep nukes on satellites?
- It's against treaty
- satellites run out of fuel
- it's harder to control where they land on re-entry.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoDefeats the purpose of MAD if you keep it a secret. Only good as a first strike. It's possible but I think (hope) unlikely.
- galangalalgol 4y agoWhy didn't you tell the world eh?
- mike_d 4y agoIt is a deterrence capability that can quickly reposition to protect other satellites in space. As to the actual payload of what it does in these situations, that is the closely guarded secret. Other countries have deployed counter-satellite capabilities (the most interesting is the Chinese one that grabs and flings other objects out of orbit), so this is our counter-counter-satellite capability.
- me_me_me 4y agoNukes need maintaining, without it they become at best much weaker, at worst very impractical paper weights.
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoNukes in orbit are redundant when we have so many waiting to be launched from submarines lurking in the seas around the world.