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It's not that simple. Because enemy nation states also have their own satellites. They will just be damaging their own infrastructure, specially Russia with the
by frankreyes 4y ago
It's not that simple. Because enemy nation states also have their own satellites. They will just be damaging their own infrastructure, specially Russia with their huge land to cover they need their satellites.
- wcoenen 4y agoI think these things would happen as a result of a process of escalations, not as a result of rational decisions. Perhaps one side temporarily blinds a spy satellite with a laser[1], to prevent it from observing something sensitive. Then the other side reacts by blinding another satellite in the same way, but oops, the laser was a bit too powerful and it does permanent damage to the sensors. Then a single satellite is outright destroyed in retaliation. Etcetera. [1] https://theconversation.com/russians-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains-the-technology-186890 https://theconversation.com/russians-reportedly-building-a-s...
- jevgeni 4y agoSo the solution is to either do nothing, or do something that the russians will have even less trouble destroying?
- wcoenen 4y agoThe solution, I think, would be to have redundant terrestrial communication links. A spiderweb of links between nodes, with routing around damage. And fallbacks to slower microwave or radio links when fiber gets cut. And developing plans to make due with very low bandwidth (i.e. text based protocols) during a crisis.