US introduced Iran to nukes when they were forcing them to Westernize with some agreements that they wouldn’t do XYZ with nukes. Then when the revolution went sideways that power went into the hands of the theocratic Muslims. So Muslim nation bad, Catholic nation good.
And one day, perhaps with high energy lasers and technology…
There’s the intellectual. It’ll happen. It’ll start small then grow to something much more effective. I’m not saying Reagan or Trump’s ideas are the winners, but there is something that could work eventually.
To your two arguments: “plus 1” problem applies to ground defense systems too, and satellites can be equipped with shielding to protect from shrapnel. Lots of other factors to take into account but my point is these same issues came up in the past with other tech and we’ve overcome them.
Knowledge of physics. Nobody here knows enough about physics to claim anything to be impossible. Things we once thought were impossible are suddenly possible. Happens all the time. Don’t let one bad idea by somebody you don’t like blind you to progress.
You’re like a cave person to people who will one day have enormous satellites with advanced weaponry on them. Don’t stop dreaming. Space militarization will happen whether you like it or not. Better to think about how it could happen then why one idea can’t. More importantly, think about how we could defend ourselves, not how we could attack others.
In the beginning though many I’ve ruins didn’t fill much of a purpose. When TV was invented maybe a handful of programs were available. People still had more use for radio. Slowly it became what it is today.
I get it though. The middle phase sucks because everybody is money hungry. Eventually things will fall into place.
Don’t let your hate for Trump blind your ability to conceptualize innovation.
With that logic nothing would ever be created. Think about fighter jets. In the beginning you have one. Doesn’t do much, but if you keep building eventually it becomes something really effective. Come on.
Yeah satellite to satellite is definitely feasible and I think already being developed.
I just wouldn’t want to be late to the party when other countries have already started establishing viable space to ground weaponry. We take for granted that a lot of the domestic stability that the US is privileged to is due to an advanced military. Not saying we shouldn’t focus our money on more important things, but maintaining our status as a military superpower is unfortunately very important.
Other countries wouldn’t just be shooting down our satellites for the same reason they don’t just blow up our naval or aerial fleets. Moot point.
Baby steps. Start small and build it up. Figure out new, more feasible weapons. Other countries are already thinking about and experimenting with space defense. Not just us.
When your bones have been repurposed for crude oil and when all of Earth’s resources have gone dry, the people of that time will think of space military the same way we think of the Air Force.
Not sure how far back you’re talking but for a VERY long time they have been and continue to be in the business of what feeds the machine.
Why do you think we have computers in our possession 24/7? Not because we wanted it, but because they told us we wanted it and it enabled us to be available to feed the machine 24/7. You can work more. You can buy more.
It actually makes a lot of sense. AI is a good use case for case management. The problem is how much you depend on it without human intervention, but even humans fuck up, especially if they’re following the same rules and processes that the AI tool would. The AI tool just gets through cases faster, so in theory you can sus out root causes sooner.
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US introduced Iran to nukes when they were forcing them to Westernize with some agreements that they wouldn’t do XYZ with nukes. Then when the revolution went sideways that power went into the hands of the theocratic Muslims. So Muslim nation bad, Catholic nation good.