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USAF Ready For Space Wars Game
space.com ^
| 01/06/06
| Bill Christensen
Posted on 01/06/2006 8:56:20 PM PST by KevinDavis
The US Air Force has just put out a request for proposal for a "Gaming and Training Environment for Counter Space Operations." In other words, they're ready for Ender's Game. Or maybe Space Wars.
The proposed intent of the software is to develop tactics, techniques and procedures relating to four key tasks: detect, identify, track and disrupt activities from space vehicles. In part, the request states:
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airforce; dod; endersgame; militaryspace; nationalsecurity; space; spaceforce; spacegames; spacewars; usaf
Something is up...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
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posted on
01/06/2006 8:56:47 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
01/06/2006 8:57:51 PM PST
by
King Prout
(many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
To: King Prout; All
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posted on
01/06/2006 8:59:25 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: King Prout
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:38:10 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
It'll be done on the sunny side of the Earth to hide it.
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:40:41 PM PST
by
SwankyC
(1st Bn 11th Marines Semper Fi)
To: SwankyC
I was making a reference to the old B-grade sci-fi films. ;-)
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:42:40 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
One of the best novels of the 1980's, Ender's Game won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel in 1985. Aliens have attacked the Earth twice - and won both times. The military, in an effort to secure the future of the species, take groups of genius children to train them in the arts of war - in the form of increasingly sophisticated games. Can Ender Wiggin save the planet? Whoa! WTF?
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:44:33 PM PST
by
airborne
(If being a Christian was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?)
To: airborne
Whoa! WTF?
Great book. Read it. The ending will throw you
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:52:53 PM PST
by
SwankyC
(1st Bn 11th Marines Semper Fi)
To: SwankyC
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posted on
01/06/2006 9:54:08 PM PST
by
airborne
(If being a Christian was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?)
To: KevinDavis
USAF Ready For Space Wars Game
A classic Blue-Grey matchup. Wonder if we'll be game-fighting both.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:00:13 PM PST
by
guitfiddlist
(When the 'Rats break out switchblades, it's no time to invoke Robert's Rules.)
To: KevinDavis
In case the Chinese, EU, or Russia decides to do what, exactly? I'd say, antisatellite weapons are (I believe) banned from space, and there's no immediate need for such a study. However, it's always good not to have to play catch-up.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:07:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(FReep this URL -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/pledge)
To: SunkenCiv
Anti satellite weapons are in space already. Believe it.
To: SunkenCiv
Yeah they aren't banned. The only ban on space weapons (Outer Space Treaty) is on placing WMDs in a full orbit in space or placing a WMD into space for the purpose of detonating it there.
If you have BMD, you have ASAT with some minor modifications. We've made and deployed them before during the Cold War. I wouldnt be surprised if we have a specific ASAT capability now and deployed for use against the Chinese (although I am not aware of one since all of my knowledge on this topic is from the Cold War and its probably secretive info)
To: KevinDavis
Counting down to the first squeals of "the evil Americans are weaponizing space!" from our friends at the UN.
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posted on
01/06/2006 11:13:50 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
("As a Muslim of course I am a terrorist"--Sheikh Omar Brooks, quoted in the London Times 8/7/05)
To: KevinDavis
Oh boy, can't wait to hear Richard C. Hoagland chime in about this one! He'd probably think something is up and that the 'quickening' is at hand, and full disclosure of aliens is just around the corner. Heck, probably said it already on C2C...though I wasn't listening to it since, well, Sci-Fi Friday is back!
BTW, prayers for Art Bell and his family. What a tragic and shocking loss.
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posted on
01/06/2006 11:18:10 PM PST
by
Simmy2.5
(There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)
To: KevinDavis
My son is involved in this. Very interesting stuff but he is not allowed to give details....at least not to his dad and me.
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posted on
01/07/2006 7:10:12 AM PST
by
jch10
To: the right side jedi
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posted on
01/07/2006 12:46:15 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Conservative, a liberal that was mugged. Liberal, a conservative that was arrested.)
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