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Yeah, shoot down the satellites of an American company when you know: 1. That company provides satellite service for military units 2. That company's boss was
by true_religion 1y ago
Yeah, shoot down the satellites of an American company when you know:
1. That company provides satellite service for military units
2. That company's boss was recently a member of the US government, and is notably close friends with the US leadership
This will not go well. If a small dictatorial country does this, it would simply invite a rain of cruise missiles.
So I think SpaceX will likely continue as is.
- gpm 1y agoBoth of those would be features if you were, say, Iran immediately after the US bombed your nuclear facilities. Neither of those would be much of a deterrent to a country like China (though the loss of their own orbital assets in similar orbital shells might be a deterrent for them).