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- From: higgins@fnala.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.164114.1@fnala.fnal.gov>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:41:14 GMT
- References: <1992Dec13.183545.9958@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec13.212814.14887@iti.org> <1992Dec14.144135.14439@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec14.221347.3359@iti.org> <1992Dec16.092029.27518@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec16.202219.2063@eng.umd.edu> <1992Dec17.110426.8596@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec17.1
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- In article <1992Dec20.191355.2914@ke4zv.uucp>, gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >
- > I think that any nation that can put an object in a precision orbit has
- > the capability to knock down satellites in LEO.
-
- Reasonable.
-
- > Only the US and the former
- > USSR have demonstrated that capability, but in principle it's not an extremely
- > difficult job, and there's really no defense against a cloud of debris in
- > your spysat's path.
-
- Only the US and the former USSR? I think ESA, ISAS, NASDA, and Great
- Wall, Inc. might disagree with you. They might also point out that
- Israel and India have launched satellites on multiple occasions, and
- ask you how you define "precision orbit." France, Britain, and Italy
- are kind of retired from the launch business, but they are ESA
- partners. Brazil is coming up fast as a contender here.
-
- Bill Higgins, Beam Jockey | "Enough marshmallows
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | will kill you
- Bitnet: HIGGINS@FNAL.BITNET | if properly placed."
- Internet: HIGGINS@FNAL.FNAL.GOV | --John Alexander, leader of
- SPAN/Hepnet: 43011::HIGGINS | "disabling technologies"
- [*Aviation Week*, 7 Dec 1992, p. 50] | research, Los Alamos
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