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"launching satellites designed to either kill or spy on anyone by launching more tentacles of the octopus!" Satellite designed to kill? I think that's more a
by ghshephard 13y ago
"launching satellites designed to either kill or spy on anyone by launching more tentacles of the octopus!"
Satellite designed to kill? I think that's more a plot line to a movie. I don't think we've launched, or are planning to launch any killer satellites.
And, with regards to "spy on anyone" - isn't it generally considered that transparency is a good thing for geopolitics? The physics of satellites/optics are such that you don't really need to worry about satellites personally spying on you beyond the resolution of a vehicle...
- s_q_b 13y agoI don't agree with the OP's position, but we are launching satellites designed to kill, or at least testing their feasibility. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike
- dingaling 13y ago> you don't really need to worry about satellites personally spying on you beyond the resolution of a vehicle.. "The IMPROVED CRYSTAL's sophisticated electronics provides sharper images than the KH-11, comparable in quality to the best of the film return satellites, with a resolution approaching ten centimeters. " http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/imint/kh-12.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/imint/kh-12.htm
- danielweber 13y agoYou have to be doing something really wrong for satellites to catch you. They aren't overhead on demand so you only get snapshots, and they work on very large things.
- samstave 13y agohttp://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god