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India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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sbmthakur wrote: post #18
godelmachine wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I would like to contest that claim. Taken from Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon - >> On February 10, 2010, Defence Research and Development Organisation Director-General and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, Dr VK Saraswat stated that India had "all the building blocks necessary" to integrate an anti-satellite weapon to neutralize hostile satellites in low earth and pol…

Yes. It seems that this could've been done as early as 2012. But the then government didn't give a go ahead[1]. 1. https://archive.indianexpress.com/news/can-show-antisatellit...

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Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Post by neximo64 »

sbmthakur wrote: post #22
tibbydudeza wrote: post #19

Well after the embarrasment near the LoC when they sent Mig 21's against modern F16's/JF-17's they needed some positive press.

What embarrassment? IAF uses what's present in their inventory and that includes MiG 21s.

That's what is embarrassing. Even more so that is what was used in combat.

Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Post by sbmthakur »

anuraj wrote: post #24

This is just an election gimmick from india’s Megalomaniac PM Modi. Neither very important nor actually achieved during his tenure.

Wow. Could you expound on why having a tech that targets satellites in space is "not important" and is merely "an election gimmick"?

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Post by quantummkv »

anuraj wrote: post #24

This is just an election gimmick from india’s Megalomaniac PM Modi. Neither very important nor actually achieved during his tenure.

I am sorry to inform you my friend that work on this project began before Modi became the PM. Please do not insult the hard work of our scientists to fulfill your political fantasies.

Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Post by anuraj »

sbmthakur wrote: post #25
anuraj wrote: post #24

This is just an election gimmick from india’s Megalomaniac PM Modi. Neither very important nor actually achieved during his tenure.

Wow. Could you expound on why having a tech that targets satellites in space is "not important" and is merely "an election gimmick"?

Once you technically solved the problem of sending satellites to orbit using a rocket - you already have the wherewithal to target them as well. ISRO achieved this eons ago. Apart from boasting rights - nobody can really use this for fear of reprimand from UN and world powers. The gist is - don't make space your arena of war - future generations will not pardon you!

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Post by sebazzz »

proy24 wrote: post #9

and next we'll see this spiral into another mini space race as Pakistan "independently obtains" this capability courtesy of China and whatever technology Pakistan acquires proliferates to regimes and groups you'd least want those tech to end up with..

We handle space just as well as we do with Earth. Space however almost doesn't recover on its own. Those tiny particles are too light and are going too fast to drop down to earth.

If we cannot clean it up, we have a problem. Satellites are an essential part of our society.

Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Post by sanatgersappa »

kuzehanka wrote: post #17
hackerbabz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is how a regional conflict ends up destroying humanity.

To elaborate, even a minor conflict in orbit runs a high risk of causing a chain reaction which turns most satellites into a cloud of orbital velocity debris. This cloud will make it impossible for any spacecraft to operate beyond that altitude for hundreds of years. We will have confined ourselves to this planet. Even with the current situation which is infinitely better than what post-conflict would look like, avoi…

As per this report, it was a "kinetic kill", which means no explosives were used - the satellite was slammed into

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mission-shakti-asa...

Re: India test its first anti-satellite missile system

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Post by kuzehanka »

sanatgersappa wrote: post #29
kuzehanka wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To elaborate, even a minor conflict in orbit runs a high risk of causing a chain reaction which turns most satellites into a cloud of orbital velocity debris. This cloud will make it impossible for any spacecraft to operate beyond that altitude for hundreds of years. We will have confined ourselves to this planet. Even with the current situation which is infinitely better than what post-conflict would look like, avoi…

As per this report, it was a "kinetic kill", which means no explosives were used - the satellite was slammed into https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mission-shakti-asa...

And what do you think happens when two objects slam into each other at orbital speeds? The entire premise of an ablation cascade is a series of kinetic collisions.
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