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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:38:41 GMT
- References: <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 <1992Dec21.164114.1@fnala.fnal.gov> <1992Dec24.022440.27944@ke4zv.uucp>
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- In <1992Dec24.022440.27944@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >Only the US and the former USSR have demonstrated knocking out orbital
- >satellites. Those other nations have the ability to achieve precision
- >orbits, so they should be able to do the same, but they haven't attempted
- >to do so.
-
- Achieving a precise orbit is not necessary to knock out a low-orbit
- satellite. All of the nuclear powers have ballistic missiles capable
- of lofting a warhead to orbital altitude, if not into orbit. Detonating
- a small nuke in the general vicinity of a satellite, at the right
- altitude, would do the job.
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