Well, that's one way to kick off a new arms race. Guess the orbital junk problem is about to get worse.

alfiedotwtf 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Say goodbye to satellites and space tourism for the next 200 years :(

Kessler trashes LEO and yes, "space tourism" because that means bare orbital joyrides and those would become unacceptably hazardous for a tourist attraction. But it makes no real difference for GEO or outer orbits, or for leaving if we, or more likely a non-human probe wanted to leave Earth's orbit.

So, no Starlink, but you'd still have COSPAS SARSAT in a reduced form, you'd still have geostationary telecoms birds, space telescopes, and various other things.

	▲	freedomben 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed. Ace Combat 7 (a great game) already explored this. Both sides destroy each others communication satellites at nearly the same time and it creates utter chaos on the battlefield. Had one side succeeded and the other failed, it would have been game over for that side. That seems the most likely space weapon to me, though IANA military expert by any means.

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isthissonow 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

US does not want an arm race, which China eventually will win. US wants war now.

What filthy b..ds is your pentagon, cia, politicians..