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2024-02-21 Science & Technology

Putin's nuke threat endangers some of America's coolest technology

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-21 05:45|| || Front Page|| [25 views ] Top

#1 ...Our intel couldn't see the disaster in Afghanistan with thousands of bodies on the ground, but we know for a fact that somewhere in the darkened and mostly inaccessible enigma that is ~~Soviet~~ Russian weapons tech, they're building freaking Goldeneye.

Skeptical Mike is Skeptical.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-02-21 07:53|| 2024-02-21 07:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if Putin's threat will be aimed at the satellites that steer drones into his Black Sea ships.

Posted by Bobby 2024-02-21 08:01|| 2024-02-21 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 The entire human race is in for bad times if an antisat nuke is used at the altitude most intermediate orbit sats operate. There'd be so much debris that simply deploying more sats wouldn't cut it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-21 08:05|| 2024-02-21 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 The Russians have long been of the "if we can't have it, neither can you" school of thought.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-02-21 10:09|| 2024-02-21 10:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh no Fox! Not Dah Koolest Tech! Za Roooshins kabloowy all the com and weather sats I can't play Escape from Epstein Island!?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-02-21 12:02|| 2024-02-21 12:02|| Front Page Top

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