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bob haller writes:
with a small explosive and lots of ball bearings targeting wouldnt have to be percise. It would have to be very precise since that cloud would just rise and fall down again. It wouldn't conveniently hang around there waiting for the ISS to run into it. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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In summary, this isn't something "easy" enough for most nations to pull off. *And for the ones that could, they're smart enough not to provoke the US in such a manner. *Shooting missiles at ISS is clearly an act of war and would deserve an appropriate response. *Personally, I'd respond with B-2 and B-52 bombers loaded with precision guided munitions and cruise missiles, respectively. Jeff I would warn the residents and carpet bomb at least one major city out of existence. that is level it. try to drive the residents towards some emergency supplies of food and water. certinally take out their military assets. be brutal to discourage future events by others and offer a few billion $$ for the countries leaders dead or alive |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
Shooting missiles at ISS is clearly an act of war and would deserve an appropriate response. Personally, I'd respond with B-2 and B-52 bombers loaded with precision guided munitions and cruise missiles, respectively. What, no love for the B-1B?-) http://www.af.mil/information/factsh...heet.asp?id=81 rick jones -- The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak. The real question is "Can it be patched?" these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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probably possible to do EMP like damage from the ground too.......
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:: with a small explosive and lots of ball bearings targeting wouldnt
:: have to be percise. :: if you think about it the ISS might not have to be in the area when a :: scud detonated a clould of shrapnel or ball bearings, ISS would :: conveniently pass thru the cloud, and at least damage the station :: badly......... : And just what do you think keeps the shrapnel up there? It's not in : orbit and it's going to fall right down. Well... that too, of course, but even if the cloud were in an intersecting orbit (to start with), what keeps the cloud dense enough to pose a significant threat? You just set off a "small explosive", so the ball bearings are fleeing each other at some reasonably high speed, to join all the other space junk up there. Very very soon, the chances of hitting even one of them diminish into the background of other space junk. Of course, if somebody had the launch capability, they could simply seed LEO with enough junk to make it too dangerous to use. But that's considerably more than just a "scud". If you've got a suborbital missile and a bomb coated with ball bearings, you have to hit a very small window in both time and space. |
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On Jan 18, 8:48*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote: probably possible to do EMP like damage from the ground too....... So you don't understand EMP, either, then? Ignorance is preferable to error, and Fred J Mc Call exhibits both in all his posts........ do note that russia has tried to blame the US for the loss of grunt, blaming the loss on a US site in alaska |
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says... Jeff Findley wrote: Shooting missiles at ISS is clearly an act of war and would deserve an appropriate response. Personally, I'd respond with B-2 and B-52 bombers loaded with precision guided munitions and cruise missiles, respectively. What, no love for the B-1B?-) http://www.af.mil/information/factsh...heet.asp?id=81 I always forget about the B-1B. In a world where B-2 bombers can take out ground based air defenses and B-52's can carry stand-off cruise missiles, followd by B-52's carpet bombing using "dumb" bombs, I suppose I don't see much of a point to the B-1B. Jeff -- " Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. " - tinker |
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Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote: probably possible to do EMP like damage from the ground too....... So you don't understand EMP, either, then? Oh c'mon Fred, at least let him try... ;-) Dave |
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On Jan 19, 10:24*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote: On Jan 18, 8:48*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote: bob haller wrote: probably possible to do EMP like damage from the ground too....... So you don't understand EMP, either, then? Ignorance is preferable to error, and Fred J Mc Call exhibits both in all his posts........ yawn do note that russia has tried to blame the US for the loss of grunt, blaming the loss on a US site in alaska Cite? I assume you're referring to HAARP. *Why am I not surprised that you buy into yet another conspiracy theory? -- "Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is *only stupid." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Heinrich Heine i didnt buy into it just mentioned that the military probably has the ability to fry sats. if our military does so do others....... |
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