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Payloads from a balloon could be dropped, payloads released in orbit stay in orbit. LEO would be a very bad choice for anything intended to eventually interact

by usrusr 4y ago

Payloads from a balloon could be dropped, payloads released in orbit stay in orbit. LEO would be a very bad choice for anything intended to eventually interact with the ground in other ways than using electromagnetic waves.

georgeg23 4y ago
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Pebbles https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Pebbles
- usrusr 4y ago
  Not a ground strike device. While it could of course be seen as a ground strike enabler, if the operator saw it as a sufficient counter to any opposing second strike capability, it's strictly an interceptor for suborbital passers-by.