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The problem is that most of your orbital assets will be in the wrong place when the conflict kicks off. Just look at a map of Starlink and observe how many sate
by wmf 2y ago
The problem is that most of your orbital assets will be in the wrong place when the conflict kicks off. Just look at a map of Starlink and observe how many satellites are nowhere near Russia/China. You'd have to launch a ridiculous number of satellites which would never be used.
I also don't understand why intercepting faster is worth anything.
- throw9474 2y agoIf the interceptors can also function at midcourse then it's not just the ones over Russia that participate. If you look at Starlink orbits, every single satellite in the constellation goes over any given point on Earth (e.g. Moscow) within a 12 hour period. So if the conflict lasts that long, the whole constellation can be unloaded.