#watch 📲 An early proposal for the panacea - that is a ballistic missile defence shield - was to detonate #nuclear #weapons in #space and direct the resulting #energy using a novel form of #laser

The idea was dangerous, inefficient and utterly impractical - - - which should probably surprise nobody 👇🏽

🎬 No #AI video

#physics #optics #chemistry #engineering #science #warfare #war
#lowerorbit #data #projectexcalibur #US #russia #SDI #history

Video: alexandertheok #UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0vMP5zoUw

Project Excalibur: Nuclear Bomb Pumped X-Ray Laser

YouTube

RE: https://mastodon.social/@la_voix/116052352880010639

🗨️ Es war zu erwarten, dass #ArianeSpace in die kommerzielle Nutzung von Massenkonstellationen eingebunden wird. Als ehemalige ESA-Promoterin, unterstütze ich die Verschmutzung des #LowerOrbit durch n- private Firmen selbstverständlich nicht mehr.

Wären sich alle Nationen einig, gäbe es global nur eine einzige Initiative für digitale Kommunikation auf Planet Erde, und nicht unzählige, die sich selbst im Wege stehen - #spacedebris kostet Unsummen, die Folgen für uns, unabsehbar.

#space

📢 Chinese scientists have simulated a large-scale #starlink jamming strategy over #taiwan using PLA #drones, revealing how satellite communication systems like the Starlink satellite constellation could be disrupted in wartime scenarios

#megaconstellations #lowerorbit #space #science #research #china
#sat #tech

📰 Report Al Mayadeen NOV-24

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/technology/chinese-scientists-simulate-starlink-jamming-over-taiwan-usi

Chinese scientists simulate Starlink jamming over Taiwan using drones

Chinese scientists have simulated a large-scale Starlink jamming strategy over Taiwan using PLA drones, revealing how satellite communication systems like the Starlink satellite constellation could be disrupted in wartime scenarios.

Al Mayadeen English
Billionaire Jeff Bezos to fly to space aboard a Blue Origin flight on July 20 • The Pigeon Express

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will fly to space along with his on the first human flight launched by his space company, Blue Origin.

The Pigeon Express