20 January 2007 - antisatellite
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The exciting thing about antisatellite weapons is that they
work against all satellites. After a big space fight, there
could be so much debris up there that pretty soon all the
satellites would be broken, and everybody could stop paying
their satellite radio bills. Militarily, this favors the side
that stays home and doesn’t need GPS to know where it is,
thus discouraging invasions. At last a war to end wars!
clue:
In reference to the recent Chinese test of an antisatellite
weapon. Earlier tests were by the Soviet Union in the 1960’s
and the U.S. in the 1980’s, so I guess we were due.
take oh take this clue away
copyright 2007, 2024 Jay J.P. Scott
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