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> You can’t sever a satellite link like you can with a cable. What do you mean? China, Russia, India and the USA have anti-satellite weapons around if they rea
by ElectricalUnion 4y ago
> You can’t sever a satellite link like you can with a cable.
What do you mean? China, Russia, India and the USA have anti-satellite weapons around if they really want, and "destroy everyone's stuff with a kessler syndrome collisional cascading" works very well when the USA is the one with the most to lose.
- postingawayonhn 4y agoThere are far too many Starlink satellites to destroy a meaningful number.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIronically, very-low-Earth-orbit as used by Starlink (lifepan measured in single-digit years) means that collateral damage from a-sat weapons would likely be limited. E.g., where Kessler Syndrome in even modestly-higher orbits would remain a problem for decades, at Starlink altitudes, most of the debris itself should de-orbit over a relatively short period of years. That could actually increase likelihood of such attacks.