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the kinetic weapons are almost certainly already in geo
by QuadmasterXLII 4y ago
the kinetic weapons are almost certainly already in geo
- sudosysgen 4y agoIt's often less efficient and slower to hit a target in GEO from GEO than from the ground
- echelon 4y agoThere are presumably countermeasures already within striking distance from adversarial satellites. Kinetic, laser, radio jamming, clandestinely placed surface mines... The DoD has been thinking of space warfare since the 60's. The space shuttle program was built for defense purposes. Now they have X planes to carry out these missions, and they're continually launching classified payloads.
- sudosysgen 4y agoSpace warfare is hard. You can't easily hide anything, so keeping a weapon very close is not feasible. Lasers don't work very well either because if the heat is enough to overheat the other satellite it's probably enough to overheat yourself. Jamming doesn't work very well in the age of super directional communications (see: SpaceX in Ukraine, which is not even designed to withstand jamming).