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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
Whoa. Hold up. The president has the authority to declassify information? All by hisself? Huh. I didnt get that impression from the last couple years of news reporting.
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I don't. But I do remember when India did that.
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On edit: Aaah, China did it too.
YOU are the first responder. Police, fire and medical are SECOND responders.
When seconds count, the police are mere minutes away...
Gun registration is gun confiscation in slow motion.
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The reason a nation state may want a "nuke in space" is not about overkill or even satellites per se, but I don't consider it a dramatically new development.
High Altitude EMP attacks. A single nuke can take out a 1200+ mile radius of most electronic devices and infrastructure.
The advantage of a space-deployed one is you can't detect the launch of an ICBM.
That's it, detectability and about 10-20 minutes of lead time, ICBM also results in more prompt counter-action.
Lots of military equipment and certain satellites are EMP hardened. Even EMP hardened equipment can be overwhelmed if sufficiently strong - hardening is mostly about Db reduction, take a pulse inordinately stronger than the hardening is designed for and it can still harm the equipment.
So in any event, it's overhyped, but also not a nothingburger. It's not about overkill in space, or even attacking "just satellites", it's about a first strike to wipe out our electrical infrastructure with no advanced detection of any kind.
IMO this is all a distraction over what's happening with bidens falling approval ratings. The special councils referring to him as a old man , blah, blah, blah.
The media needs something else besides TRUMP!! to keep our eyes off the real prize. SQUIRREL!! >>>
By putting this out there, the justification for continually sending billions (of unaccounted for $$) to Ukraine. To keep russia at bay, etc, etc.
You have something to worry about besides an administration in shambles, unaccounted for illegals and who knows how many terrorist wandering around the country.
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We've probably had nukes and weaponized lasers in space for well over a decade. Pretty much our only option against a massive asteroid heading directly towards Earth to divert or destroy (into smaller pieces more likely to burn up in our atmosphere before impact). Apparently, we have several near misses every year, and often don't even know about these asteroids until 48 hours before potential impact... sometimes less than 5 hours. "Near miss" means between Earth and the distance of the Moon's orbit. I have no problem with Russia's space nuke. This really doesn't seem like a big deal and I doubt there is malicious intent, especially now that it's been identified and tracked. No need for an ICBM level warhead to disable an enemy satellite either, don't even need a tacnuke, but nukes are the best option for asteroids, and a bit of EMP is certainly preferable to the alternative. I think space nuke is a positive thing, lol.
He already forgot about it.
You absolutely nailed it-the scare was coordinated between Republican Congressman Mike Turner and the White House....strange bedfellows, but it is all about $$
Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!
Anyone else read the book “One Second After”? The EMP thing would be devastating to the civilized world if its effects are anything like the book. Since it has never been tested on a scale like that, my hope is that it’s nowhere near as effective as thought but no way to tell until there is a real attempt at this kind of attack. I guess I need to start emp proofing things around the house.
Based on limited tests in the 1960s, we were blowing out infrastructure 1000+ miles away with relatively small nukes. Much of it was accidental. This will happen someday regardless due to a "carrington event" (google it) which was a SMALL celestrial event even in the scale of human history. If anything, EMP risk is underhyped, as our electronics are more sensitive. Small untethered devices (cell phones) are mostly immune, but their supporting infrastructure will die with the event. EMP can generate 100kv on lines...not a lot of current, and certain battery tied systems will survive, but our electronics are more sensitive to 10k-100k volts than original electronics of yesteryear were...
And just like that. This is no longer the THREAT! it was made to be.
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