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This is a non issue. Space is big, and you would need a lot of nukes or missiles to disrupt even a LEO constellation. Which means, by the time it becomes an iss
by V__ 2y ago
This is a non issue. Space is big, and you would need a lot of nukes or missiles to disrupt even a LEO constellation. Which means, by the time it becomes an issue the parties involved will have MADed themselves and the world into oblivion.
- verdverm 2y ago> you would need a lot of nukes or missiles to disrupt even a LEO constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl History seems to indicate otherwise. It's the EM effect, not kinetic, that does the damage, with effects spreading and lingering for months
- V__ 2y ago> The HEIST team plans to work on this, in part, by using higher bandwidth laser optics systems to communicate with satellites. I'm sure they thought about this, the usage of lasers not only increases data throughput but makes EM interruptions less likely, especially when the satellites themselves are also EM hardened.
- WeylandYutani 2y agoReminds me that America had a bunker with a few billion in cash for after WW3 in case all the bank servers got nuked...