At this point I’m just impressed Starlink made it onto the same enemy list as NATO
Shivamrocks5039 on
Anti satellite weapons have already been developed in west and by china, so yeah another one develop it.
Congrats guys, we will have our dream space wars.
billionaire_leech on
As if he hasn’t already given them full access. What a joke.
Spooknik on
Russia lacks much ability to develop anything new, and lacks even more ability to mass manufacture it.
I’m sure some guys have an idea on paper, but that’s the cheap part of any project.
IndividualSkill3432 on
>ct Russia is developing a “zone-effect” anti-satellite weapon that would release hundreds of thousands of tiny, undetectable pellets into low Earth orbit to disable Starlink satellites. The weapon could cause widespread space debris, risk collateral damage to other satellites—including Russia’s and China’s—and potentially trigger uncontrollable chaos in space
Soyuz can launch 8 tonnes into space. Around 100 tonnes of space debris, usually micrometeorites fall to Earth per day. So its only a fraction of the daily average debris let alone a serious change in the volume of it in orbital space. Orbital space is huge, its the surface of the Earth but over a depth of thousands of kms. When people imagine this stuff in their heads, they dont have the ability to really contextualise it into the actual volume of space and what Russia is capable of.
This seems like something from the early 60s when governments wrote cheques for really silly ideas. I am wondering what happened to their space laser projects.
This will get people exited but personally it looks like something to keep a couple of people in a job by fooling the idiots who Putin puts in charge.
Your mileage may vary.
StrangerConscious637 on
Both are bad. Russia is a terrorist country which is killing Europeans daily for years now and Starlink is lead by a fanatic Nazi. Hate both.
ThreadCountHigh on
Don’t really see this as an innovation. Starlink satellites are in very low and well-known orbits, in addition to continuously broadcasting on known frequencies, making homing in on them trivial.
Niceguy955 on
Did Musk miss one of his payments to Vlad?
meglobob on
If ever a serious war breaks out between major powers, in the early days of such a war, lots of satellites would be destroyed.
Communications across the world would go down and lots of people would have no back up and no idea what to do.
Quaaaaaaaaaa on
It can’t develop any practical weapon for that.
Destroying satellites means putting your own at risk because of the space debris you create. It’s literally shooting yourself in the foot.
MalcadorPrime on
Kepler syndrome here we come.
brazilliandanny on
If only there was a conflict Russia was involved with where the US could help the opposition to weaken them.
FktheAds on
that exactly what we need. World peace solved. We all getting laid tonight.
CostGuilty8542 on
Wodden stair
ProjectNo4090 on
Develop starlink satellites to crash on Putin’s big bald dome.
FrostYea on
B-b-but internet told me that Musk is friend with Putin and uses starlink to cover the russian army in Ukraine!
Fearfuldrip on
We already know they have been testing anti-satellite capabilities for a while now.
Conscious-Story-7579 on
I suspect western intelligence forgot Russia had this ability since the 70s.
Schemen123 on
Good luck with that.. as its often the case , the countermeasures are more expensive than the actual issue.
Musk can send up new ones until Russia is bankrupt and he still would be the the richest person on earth
Jey3349 on
Don’t forget Bezo’s Kuiper Net.
LolitosLoca on
The name Musk makes me want to throw up..
Adventurous_Crew_178 on
Hmm that would be a devastating blow to Ukraine but I’m not sure Russia can pull it off
voyagertoo on
I mean of course it is. “suspects”? lol
Dan-Of-The-Dead on
Russia with the aid of China has sabotaged not only vital infrastructure such as underwater cables but also European satellites. The European response has been fairly muted at least officially but very little action has been taken.
As a European I’m curious what the American stance will be to Russia firing missiles into space and obliterating their satellites?
Sure, starlink is a private company and all but I’m under the impression Americans are touchy about people shooting missiles at their stuff.
Long-Application-976 on
That’s fair. Clean up am the starlink garbage from atmosphere.
Dr_GarkFlungus on
Honestly? I’m all for it. Starlink is just expensive spyware
Eat--The--Rich-- on
Why would that be a problem
Whole-Cookie-7754 on
Perfect. Russia targeting the big American corps would actually make US do something. MAG7 owns the US lol.
facefirst0 on
OK so now I’m conflicted
TheBleeter on
I remember Poland or a government minister tweeted or said something along the lines “we paid for Starlink access and we decided to use it to help Ukraine and we dare Elon Musk to break contract”.
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At this point I’m just impressed Starlink made it onto the same enemy list as NATO
Anti satellite weapons have already been developed in west and by china, so yeah another one develop it.
Congrats guys, we will have our dream space wars.
As if he hasn’t already given them full access. What a joke.
Russia lacks much ability to develop anything new, and lacks even more ability to mass manufacture it.
I’m sure some guys have an idea on paper, but that’s the cheap part of any project.
>ct Russia is developing a “zone-effect” anti-satellite weapon that would release hundreds of thousands of tiny, undetectable pellets into low Earth orbit to disable Starlink satellites. The weapon could cause widespread space debris, risk collateral damage to other satellites—including Russia’s and China’s—and potentially trigger uncontrollable chaos in space
Soyuz can launch 8 tonnes into space. Around 100 tonnes of space debris, usually micrometeorites fall to Earth per day. So its only a fraction of the daily average debris let alone a serious change in the volume of it in orbital space. Orbital space is huge, its the surface of the Earth but over a depth of thousands of kms. When people imagine this stuff in their heads, they dont have the ability to really contextualise it into the actual volume of space and what Russia is capable of.
This seems like something from the early 60s when governments wrote cheques for really silly ideas. I am wondering what happened to their space laser projects.
This will get people exited but personally it looks like something to keep a couple of people in a job by fooling the idiots who Putin puts in charge.
Your mileage may vary.
Both are bad. Russia is a terrorist country which is killing Europeans daily for years now and Starlink is lead by a fanatic Nazi. Hate both.
Don’t really see this as an innovation. Starlink satellites are in very low and well-known orbits, in addition to continuously broadcasting on known frequencies, making homing in on them trivial.
Did Musk miss one of his payments to Vlad?
If ever a serious war breaks out between major powers, in the early days of such a war, lots of satellites would be destroyed.
Communications across the world would go down and lots of people would have no back up and no idea what to do.
It can’t develop any practical weapon for that.
Destroying satellites means putting your own at risk because of the space debris you create. It’s literally shooting yourself in the foot.
Kepler syndrome here we come.
If only there was a conflict Russia was involved with where the US could help the opposition to weaken them.
that exactly what we need. World peace solved. We all getting laid tonight.
Wodden stair
Develop starlink satellites to crash on Putin’s big bald dome.
B-b-but internet told me that Musk is friend with Putin and uses starlink to cover the russian army in Ukraine!
We already know they have been testing anti-satellite capabilities for a while now.
I suspect western intelligence forgot Russia had this ability since the 70s.
Good luck with that.. as its often the case , the countermeasures are more expensive than the actual issue.
Musk can send up new ones until Russia is bankrupt and he still would be the the richest person on earth
Don’t forget Bezo’s Kuiper Net.
The name Musk makes me want to throw up..
Hmm that would be a devastating blow to Ukraine but I’m not sure Russia can pull it off
I mean of course it is. “suspects”? lol
Russia with the aid of China has sabotaged not only vital infrastructure such as underwater cables but also European satellites. The European response has been fairly muted at least officially but very little action has been taken.
As a European I’m curious what the American stance will be to Russia firing missiles into space and obliterating their satellites?
Sure, starlink is a private company and all but I’m under the impression Americans are touchy about people shooting missiles at their stuff.
That’s fair. Clean up am the starlink garbage from atmosphere.
Honestly? I’m all for it. Starlink is just expensive spyware
Why would that be a problem
Perfect. Russia targeting the big American corps would actually make US do something. MAG7 owns the US lol.
OK so now I’m conflicted
I remember Poland or a government minister tweeted or said something along the lines “we paid for Starlink access and we decided to use it to help Ukraine and we dare Elon Musk to break contract”.
The far right threatens us with a good time.