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minus-squareSaik0AlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·8 months agoWhich is exactly why Russia only needs a handful of rockets at most. You only need to make debris. The rest will sort itself out.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoBut that is a strategic capability, not a tactical one. It’s another form of MAD.
minus-squareSaik0AlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months ago It’s another form of MAD. Russia has nothing in that LEO orbit (that I’m aware of… I could be horrendously wrong). I don’t think there’s anything “mutually assured” here.
Which is exactly why Russia only needs a handful of rockets at most. You only need to make debris. The rest will sort itself out.
But that is a strategic capability, not a tactical one. It’s another form of MAD.
Russia has nothing in that LEO orbit (that I’m aware of… I could be horrendously wrong). I don’t think there’s anything “mutually assured” here.