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This N. Korea standoff is a tough situation. I cannot help but wonder if satellite weaponry exists that the U.S. could use to laser beam their dear leader? [Edited for clarity]
This is reassuring propaganda plain and simple.
If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point.
Absolutely delusional saying this system can take down consumer drones and then extrapolate that out to a missle that is travelling at speeds measured in machs.
Even with drones I don't see how this is more effective than radio signal and gps hijacking which can control a malicious drone rather than destroy it in place. Various companies already do this incredibly well, shoutout to D13.
This N. Korea standoff is a tough situation. I cannot help but wonder if satellite weaponry exists that the U.S. could use to laser beam their dear leader? [Edited for clarity]
If satellites were not (for good reason!) extremely conservative, I can see a way to turn spy satellite into a deniable blinding weapon for about $10 of parts.
There is not any proven tech that can take down an icbm reliably. This is reassuring propaganda plain and simple. If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point. Absolutely delusional saying this system can take down consumer drones and then extrapolate that out to a missle that is travelling at speeds measured in machs. Even with drones I don't see how this…
EM interference is why launch complexes use fiber. You don't want a lighting strike near a 2km cable to cause a squib to fire somewhere. Lighting protections also protect against EM attack.
This N. Korea standoff is a tough situation. I cannot help but wonder if satellite weaponry exists that the U.S. could use to laser beam their dear leader? [Edited for clarity]
There is not any proven tech that can take down an icbm reliably. This is reassuring propaganda plain and simple. If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point. Absolutely delusional saying this system can take down consumer drones and then extrapolate that out to a missle that is travelling at speeds measured in machs. Even with drones I don't see how this…
This isn't about shooting down a rocket. This is about disrupting the launch complex. It's about sending enough energy into a complex that computers, the ones in the offices, stop working reliably enough to launch. It is possible, but imho would require a dish far to large to fit on an aircraft. So I agree that it doesn't exist, that this is propaganda. EM interference is why launch complexes use fiber. You don't wan…
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I'm pretty sure the U.S. has the technical ability to explode Dear Leader. I doubt they think it's the right move.
A bit like the UK plan to assassinate Hitler in 1944 which was cancelled as "he was by then considered to be such a poor strategist that it was believed whoever replaced him would probably do a better job of fighting the Allies" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Foxley
There is not any proven tech that can take down an icbm reliably. This is reassuring propaganda plain and simple. If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point. Absolutely delusional saying this system can take down consumer drones and then extrapolate that out to a missle that is travelling at speeds measured in machs. Even with drones I don't see how this…
If you always shoot down test missiles, then NK just has to keep firing test missiles until they build one that doesn't get shot down.
There is not any proven tech that can take down an icbm reliably. This is reassuring propaganda plain and simple. If the US and allies could take down a rocket they'd shoot down every NK test missle just to make a point. Absolutely delusional saying this system can take down consumer drones and then extrapolate that out to a missle that is travelling at speeds measured in machs. Even with drones I don't see how this…
This isn't about shooting down a rocket. This is about disrupting the launch complex. It's about sending enough energy into a complex that computers, the ones in the offices, stop working reliably enough to launch. It is possible, but imho would require a dish far to large to fit on an aircraft. So I agree that it doesn't exist, that this is propaganda. EM interference is why launch complexes use fiber. You don't wan…
I don't see how a b52 with a kerosene powered engine is anywhere near capable of delivering that same level of radiation.
This N. Korea standoff is a tough situation. I cannot help but wonder if satellite weaponry exists that the U.S. could use to laser beam their dear leader? [Edited for clarity]
The weaponization of space is generally outlawed by the Outer Space Treaty of which both the United States and North Korea are signatories.