"US military prepares for the next frontier: Space war" Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Nov 2016 9:22 p.m. PST |
"Since man first explored space, it has been a largely peaceful environment. But now US adversaries are deploying weapons beyond Earth's atmosphere, leading the US military to prepare for the frightening prospect of war in space. "As humans go out there, there has always been conflict. Conflict in the Wild West as we move in the West … conflict twice in Europe for its horrible world wars," Gen. John Hyten, head of US Strategic Command, told CNN. "So, every time humans actually physically move into that, there's conflict, and in that case, we'll have to be prepared for that." Today, the US depends on space more than any other nation. Without satellites, televisions would go blank, mobile networks silent, and the Internet would slow and then stop. Dependent on time stamps from GPS satellites, everything from stock markets to bank transactions to traffic lights and railroad switches would freeze. Airline pilots would lose contact with the ground, unsure of their position and without weather data to steer around storms…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 28 Nov 2016 11:33 p.m. PST |
About time they did. "There will be war in space….". Title of one or more Sci-Fi novels containing various short stories inside, some of them quite good, and reasonably relevant to today, and written 3 decades or so ago. |
wminsing | 29 Nov 2016 6:52 a.m. PST |
They've been preparing for awhile; the X-37 is on the 4th test flight, and that is going to be the mold for US military space platforms for the foreseeable future. Still lots of work to do, particularly the ability to launch new platforms more rapidly than we currently can now. -Will |
Legion 4 | 29 Nov 2016 9:10 a.m. PST |
CNN is having a program just about this topic. IIRC tonight … But I think we are a long way from Star Wars type battles between Fighter spacecraft or large Battle Spacecraft. Again, as seen in shows like Star Wars, etc., … Or even GW Space Marines ! |
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