Comment on Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites

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einkorn@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Is this scorched earth space tactic viable though?

Looking at the sort of tech militaries are heavily investing in at the moment, many require long range communication to work to their full potential. Sure, there is also the push to add object recognition and other smart systems to unmanned vehicles, but those are mainly intended to take care of the final approach where potential interferences are strongest.

Also surveillance satelites are irreplaceable in their capabilities.

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