This rhetoric is being pushed to scare people into renewing FISA (domestic spying legislation).
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I wouldn't believe "hard-right" repubs any farther than I could throw them.
They are running cover for Putin.
Did bootleg Goldeneye VHS tapes finally make it into Russia?
Isn't that just a regular nuclear explosion in space? I don't think there's too much of development needed.
Last time I checked almost every major player just agreed we don't do that to not fuck up our future.
So I guess no one told Russia about the Kessler effect? There is a movie, Gravity, that deals with it a bit.
Setting off a nuclear bomb in space to destroy multiple satellites I assume could start a chain reaction that would make it impossible for us to use earth orbits for future satellites or to even deliver any payloads at all into space.
Although might be good protection from aliens?
"Fuck the consequences" sounds exactly like a Putin strategy to me.
That probably not as true as you think. While yes there is radiation, the radiation would not linger as the atmosphere would dissipate most of the radiation
The EMP would shut off electronics for whatever country this thing is detonated over. Dependent on yield of course.
And of course the blast wave would knock many satellites, maybe even ISS, into unpredictable patterns. Most will burn up in the atmosphere, some of the most durable satellites will not. Some will ricochet to other satellites. It will be a regular FFA of countries trying to dodge space debris for the first 3 hours.
When the dust settles and citizens are without news, or internet, or sports, or podcasts, or entertainment what will happen then? I imagine not many citizens US or otherwise will be happy with Russia at all.
I would hope it is a nuclear powered laser or even a emp, as opposed to a nuclear bomb. With the Kessler syndrome and what not.
Good enough reason to queue it up from my playlist.
Was keeping it at the end when I thought it was just another heartbreak-in-space story. It's nice to hear it actually has science that deviates from the normal rocket goes up, fuel leak detected, can't fix, rocket goes boom, end of story. (minus the drama)
Great, now they want to fuck up space too. Earth isn't enough it seems.
When will this madness finally stop? :( I'm just trying to survive here...
"Russia wants to be murderfucked by the rest of the globe"
I don't think Russia is stupid enough to launch a FFA nuclear strike against every nation's satellites. While the USA has a bunch, China would lose a bunch, India, Russia would lose the ability to operate drones.
I just don't see a situation where Russia does this and China is just indifferent and sides with the country that destroyed billions in satellite equipment.
"If I can't win, neither of us do."
Russia has been proven to be stupid enough the last few years
The Americans already did this by accident in the 50s.
What event was that?
It'd sure be a lot different today.
Starfish prime, I think they’re built to survive EMP blasts like the ones that would come from solar flares so a nuke probably do a lot less damage now.