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Do We Really Need Space Weapons?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-what-about-star-wars dept.

tcd004 writes "The U.S. military is developing technology to disable, jam, and even destroy enemy satellites. But are space weapons necessary? No, says Michael Krepon, director of the Stimson Center's Space Security Project. He argues that developing space weapons is a surefire way to launch a new space weapon race.

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  1. Re:"that's no moon..." by Knome_fan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just wanted to point out that China, Russia and some EU nations agree with your assessment. Leaving space weapons up to the US though isn't an option for these countries, I'm sure you'll understand that.

    Stating that "we really don't want to get a late start in that race" is a good principle to follow, especially considering that the US already prescribed to it, all these nations will start developing space weapons immidiately.

    Oh wait, look what we got us into, it's a space arms race.

    Unfortunately, just when it all really started, some university students decided they didn't need space weapons and would simply use commercial airliners as weapons of mass destruction. Now isn't that nasty of them...

  2. Re:When space access becomes cheap and ubiquitous. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Redundant

    > All we need do to foil the plots of satellite-stealing villains is track the purchases
    > of large numbers of silver jumpsuits and miniskirts.

    And purple wigs. Don't forget the purple wigs.

    Chris Mattern