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- * flattened/mirror: https://tbsky.app/profile/marcolangbroek.bsky.social/post/3m...
also see:
* ASAT Anti-Satellite weapon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon
* Kessler Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
adding: more detailed article
* https://www.csis.org/analysis/could-russia-be-poised-use-orb...
by ck2 - when you get right down to it, any satellite, can be an anti-satellite if there is a disparity of value with respect to investment, and risk.
that means, a game of demo derby with a satellite near its deorbiting window anyway, is efficient, vs launching a weapons platform to start taking potshots, or spraying tetsubishi in orbit.
by rolph