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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

And if it shoots down something, the debris will be called a Golden Shower

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The defense system focuses heavily on the concept of space-based sensors and interceptors. The company that currently dominates the market for such equipment is the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, leading to concerns that this project is another way for Musk to make money from federal programs.

Okay, that's really stupid. It's almost impossible to defend a satellite, and any country that could pose a credible threat from missile attack could also knock out the satellites.

[–] TargaryenTKE 4 points 1 week ago

I'm fully convinced he's just trying to do what Ronald Reagan did but worse, so I'm not surprised that the Star Wars project came up again

[–] CMDR_Horn 5 points 1 week ago

As in the amount of treasure it will cost

[–] shalafi 1 points 1 week ago

So, the Cold War era Star Wars idea was to protect us from Soviet ICBMs. Now that we're on Russia's side, who exactly are we protecting ourselves from?