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| Why We May Need Anti-satellite Weapons Soon |
| 2005-12-04 |
| Posted by:too true |
| #5 Exoatmospheric ABMs are ASATs, at least for LEO sats; we already have those. Geosynchronous sats are another story. But the old modified SRAM system from the 80's couldn't reach those either. |
| Posted by: Gligum Flirong8978 2005-12-04 21:43 |
| #4 We need satellite weapons just as soon. My faves would include the "rods from God", and maybe a lower-tech satellite carrying a large number of grapefruit-or-however large sized advanced ceramic balls that could make it to the surface without burning up. Imagine what a meteorite shower with those things would do to a many square mile area? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-12-04 20:54 |
| #3 The SRAM with the seeker head? Like the books said, the pilot of the F-15 would have to be crazy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-12-04 12:18 |
| #2 Tom Clancy told us we HAD an ASAT system - I know I read it in 'Red Storm Rising'! And that was a long time ago! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-12-04 12:10 |
| #1 It is long past time to have a good ASAT system in space. It brings to mind the first nearly launched space defense system ChuckWagon. Kind of sad it never went up. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-04 11:45 |