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minus-squarePlayer2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·1 year agoEnjoy spreading misinformation online? There are valid criticisms against LEO constellations but Kessler syndrome is not one of them
minus-squareoff_brand_@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year ago?? Did you read the comment? It’s not about LEO satellites. It’s about a military arsenal destroying a fleet of LEO satellites. The satellites won’t do a Kessler, but a fleets worth of shrapnel would be a problem.
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoWhich is exactly why Russia only needs a handful of rockets at most. You only need to make debris. The rest will sort itself out.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoBut that is a strategic capability, not a tactical one. It’s another form of MAD.
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year ago It’s another form of MAD. Russia has nothing in that LEO orbit (that I’m aware of… I could be horrendously wrong). I don’t think there’s anything “mutually assured” here.
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Enjoy spreading misinformation online? There are valid criticisms against LEO constellations but Kessler syndrome is not one of them
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Did you read the comment? It’s not about LEO satellites. It’s about a military arsenal destroying a fleet of LEO satellites. The satellites won’t do a Kessler, but a fleets worth of shrapnel would be a problem.
Which is exactly why Russia only needs a handful of rockets at most. You only need to make debris. The rest will sort itself out.
But that is a strategic capability, not a tactical one. It’s another form of MAD.
Russia has nothing in that LEO orbit (that I’m aware of… I could be horrendously wrong). I don’t think there’s anything “mutually assured” here.