[DannyTN]

One of the threats of the future is going to be domination of the stratosphere.

We have got to be prepared to:

• knock out enemy satellites,
• protect our own satellites
• have sufficient redundancy in case we lose one or more satellites.

[Michael Goldsberry]

* knock out enemy satellites,
* protect our own satellites
* have sufficient redundancy in case we lose one or more satellites.

You forgot one: Attack.

Folks, we have more than a 20 year lead on this sort of thing.

I'm reminded of a joke;

Q: Why does the Iranian Navy have glass bottom boats?
A: So they can see their Air Force.

An Iranian satellite's life span the moment hostilities begin, I would estimate, is about 1.25 seconds.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Leapfrog: "You forgot one: Attack."

Sorry, I mean attack ground tagets. You already said other orbiting targets.

[Bobby777]

we perfected a satellite killer 20 years ago for near-Earth (500 miles or less) satellites ...

and then we "retired" it ... (or did we I wonder?)

it was small enough to carry on any medium fighter, including those on carriers ...