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@dobby wrote: I was in a discussion group on asymmetrical space warfare a few months ago. Especially in LEO there are several ways that a small nation can damage the supremacy of the big three...
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@Scrub wrote: USAF Space Command has been around for quite awhile now... Read full topic
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@Mister44 wrote: Jeeze. First we reboot Ghostbusters, now Star Wars. Again. Is there anything else we need rob from the 80s? Read full topic
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@wrecksdart wrote: Either Diane Rehm or Tom Ashbrook had a show recently about the book "Ghost Fleet" that made similar points in addition to the use of cyberwar in the 'next' conflict. www.amazon.com...
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@shaddack wrote: A decent asat weapon is an IRBM with conventional explosives and some sand and gravel in the warhead. Put a cloud of space crap into the trajectory of whatever you want to get rid of....
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@ZzyzX wrote: A few more of these and you'll start a cascade leading to the Kessler Syndrome, thereby making any and all spaceflight and its benefits nearly impossible for a long time. Great for...
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@awjt wrote: It could be well under a million dollars a shot: a 747-mounted rail gun could shoot a hard projectile into LEO and blast a satellite. Much more would be spent on the guidance system and...
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@awfulhorrid wrote: Scrub: USAF Space Command has been around for quite awhile now... Yes indeed, they have been - I feel under Space Command when I was in the USAF more than 20 years ago. Somewhere I...
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@Boundegar wrote: You think anybody is going to sell any government a pointy hunk of metal for $5? It costs $10,000 just to fill out the forms to bid on the contract. Read full topic
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@shaddack wrote: ZzyzX: Great for certain fundamentalist/anti-progress/anti-whatever ideologies. Also great to get rid of those spy sats overhead. Too many motivations for that. We need a way to clean...
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@awjt wrote: Not the US of A. I'm talking about North Korea mounting an old repurposed howitzer barrel on an Antonov with 2 of 4 engines functional, and shooting Coors Lites out of it at our...
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@unshaved_weirdo wrote: Mister44: anything else we need rob from the 80s No thanks, I'm good. Read full topic
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@stinkinbadgers wrote: Disappointed this wasn't about: Read full topic
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@dacree wrote: I wish I could remember the name of the book but the general idea was about a company that "mined" the debris field and had an in orbit titanium recycling facility. Collection of small...
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@dave_b wrote: And I was just thinking cubesat with a bb gun built in. Read full topic
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@Dire wrote: There's a treatment for that now. Screenshot 2015-08-11 19.42.08.jpg1512x805 159 KB Read full topic
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@dobby wrote: I think that even at 35k ft and an artillery boost it would still need to be a rocket propelled projectile with rocket or gas jet terminal guidance, remembering you don’t need escape...
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@KathyPadilla wrote: Major Samantha Carter: Navigation?Colonel Jack O'Neill: Check.Major Samantha Carter: Oxygen, pressure, temperature control?Colonel Jack O'Neill: All check.Major Samantha Carter:...
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@GilbertWham wrote: Sounds like something from an Allen Steele novel. Read full topic
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