Anandamine t1_j9v8xmg wrote
Reply to comment by JaxJaxon in The future of Starship includes national security missions - SpaceX’s Gary Henry said Starship holds the potential to become a mobility platform for the U.S. military by Gari_305
It does raise quite a lot of questions. I believe Washington and SpaceX would have to announce every launch and keep our nuclear rivals abreast of whenever they launch… these things are basically ICBMs without the payload, but I’d bet everyone else will be suspicious of every one of them.
Definitely an escalation in the weaponization of space.
Otherwise I see why they’re drooling over this capability. Imagine deploying orbital troops or vehicles to anywhere in the world in 30 minutes.
Ghoullum t1_j9xnaeq wrote
I didn't think of that! What are yoyr thoughts on counter measures? Will there be permits to fly over you?
Anandamine t1_j9xnszy wrote
I would guess that anti-sat missiles and anti-air missiles once it gets close enough could work. Not an expert though. Don’t think you can regulate space - there’s satellites from all sorts of countries always flying over, I don’t think this would be any different. There’s also been plenty of missile tests done by various countries, they just let each other know what’s up.
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