What about a small tactical payload deplyment?

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SDAI-Tech1 — 8/10/2002 8:34:35 AM (archived)

Hi Larry,

I think the greatest fear would be a launcher armed with a small tactical device which could get near enough to send a severe EMP taking out almost all satellites in a given area, yet not leaving the physical evidence of being rammed or blasted by lasers.

If timed to coincide with intense solar flares and lots of press about satellite vulnerability - I would think any of the nuclear (medium to super) powers could even conceivably get away with it. We could probably track the incident and guess what happened pretty easily - but I doubt any other nation could.

The fallout would be dispersed thinly over a large area and might go unnoticed altogether.

It seems like a viable option, providing one's willing to part with some serious $$$ and take the risk of an erroneous guidance system.

Not that WE would ever do such a thing!

SDAI-Tech1

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Satellite photos of Mideast air bases - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2002 8:51:05 AM
- So just shoot the thing down. - Lee - 8/9/2002 7:46:37 PM
  - We don't have any anti-satellite weapons - Larry J - 8/9/2002 1:12:41 PM
    - Thanks to clinton. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/9/2002 3:29:24 PM
      - It goes further back than that - Larry J - 8/9/2002 4:22:14 PM
        
        Orbital Sciences Air-dropped launching platforms - Scott - 8/9/2002 5:09:55 PM
        
        The Pegasus could be made into an ASAT... - Larry J - 8/9/2002 8:07:25 AM
        
        What about a small tactical payload deplyment? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/10/2002 8:34:35 AM
        
        We aren't the only ones with launch detection and NUDET capabilities - Larry J - 8/10/2002 9:03:03 AM
        
        It's very risky to knock out satellites belonging to a nuclear power. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/9/2002 5:07:50 PM
        
        It would be an act of war... - Larry J - 8/9/2002 7:08:18 PM
        
        More than that... - alcaray - 8/12/2002 11:00:53 AM
        
        Re: It's very risky to knock out satellites belonging to a nuclear power. n/t - Scott - 8/9/2002 5:14:55 PM
        
        Do you really believed they canceled it? - Lee - 8/9/2002 4:31:22 PM
      - Re: Thanks to clinton. § - Scott - 8/9/2002 4:13:12 PM
  - Not so fast there, pardner... - Tom Brosz - 8/9/2002 10:36:54 AM
- Hiding in plain sight. - ebnelson - 8/7/2002 10:19:01 AM
  - the Art of Suprise - Scott - 8/7/2002 10:21:38 AM
    - What's the "real thing" in your view? Are we going to invade China? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/7/2002 10:35:47 AM
      - Re: What's the - Scott - 8/8/2002 1:53:50 PM
- It's a different world - Larry J - 8/7/2002 9:40:51 AM
- Not only the middle east exports terror - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 9:40:05 AM
  - David Copperfield, your country needs you... - Tom Brosz - 8/7/2002 12:36:59 PM
    - It's all SMOKE and Mirrors....... - Carl.... - 8/7/2002 3:11:13 PM
  - PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/7/2002 9:57:12 AM
  - Re: Not only the middle east exports terror - Scott - 8/7/2002 9:54:29 AM

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