"Space Wars: Military Satellites Will Be Armed '..." Topic

…With Lasers And Guns' By 2030.

"Last September, the French government accused Russia of an "act of space espionage," when Moscow's signals-intelligence satellite Luch-Olymp was steered "a bit too closely" to France's military communications satellite Athena-Fidus. "It got so close," France's Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly reportedly said at the time, "that we might have imagined it was trying to intercept our communications—trying to listen to your neighbors is not only unfriendly, it's an act of espionage."

Last week, Parly announced details of a new "defense space strategy" at the Lyon-Mont Verdun air defense operations base. "Having a reinforced space defense is absolutely essential," she said, "it is our freedom of appreciation, access and action in space that is at stake." France's Le Point reported that in the summer of 2019, space has finally become "a field of action."…"
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Armand

Well, about darned time. I want my space fighters, damnit!

Rob

I imagine some may already be.

Sats seem to me to be very vulnerable to enemy forces, since there's really nowhere to hide, and they mostly fly in predictable orbits.

The ability for nations to launch small, inexpensive replacements quickly, and dependably is going to be crucial to "winning" in the next war.

Figuring out how to harden, and protect them will be crucial too, if that is possible. Giving some the ability to dodge incoming kinetic ordnance would be useful, though against lasers, that's going to be impossible.

(smile)

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