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>I'm not sure that having a weapon in orbit would actually be any better than existing ICBMs That's kind of the point too. Suborbital ballistic missiles can re
by iwwr 12y ago
>I'm not sure that having a weapon in orbit would actually be any better than existing ICBMs
That's kind of the point too. Suborbital ballistic missiles can reach any point on Earth. Putting them in orbit wastes energy and requires significantly larger rockets for the same payloads. Not to mention stuff in orbit is impossible to hide.
- arethuza 12y agoI think the only advantage of having a weapon go into a fractional orbit (rather than being ballistic) is to sneak up on your enemy from an unexpected direction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_... Having your weapon sitting in a entirely predictable permanent orbit rather defeats the purpose.
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