It depends on what you mean by "disable". The US does not have the right to overtly attack a "fishing" vessel in open waters, but it does have the right to put its own "fishing" vessels in the vicinity equipped with jamming devices. Isn't this essentially what China is doing by blinding our spy satelites while they are overhead?
How much has storage media changed in the past 20 years? How much do you think it is going to change in the next 20 years? I know my 5-1/4" disks and tapes still hold the data they had on them, but am I still able to access it? Do I even want to be able to access old tapes? Storage media doesn't need to last forever because we are always coming up with new, better methods for digital storage.
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It depends on what you mean by "disable". The US does not have the right to overtly attack a "fishing" vessel in open waters, but it does have the right to put its own "fishing" vessels in the vicinity equipped with jamming devices. Isn't this essentially what China is doing by blinding our spy satelites while they are overhead?
How much has storage media changed in the past 20 years? How much do you think it is going to change in the next 20 years? I know my 5-1/4" disks and tapes still hold the data they had on them, but am I still able to access it? Do I even want to be able to access old tapes? Storage media doesn't need to last forever because we are always coming up with new, better methods for digital storage.
Out with the old, in with the new.
HeadlessZeke