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US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites
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Posted on 08/18/2023 9:10:59 AM PDT by algore

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1 posted on 08/18/2023 9:10:59 AM PDT by algore
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At the speeds they travel, a BB gun would do major damage..................


2 posted on 08/18/2023 9:14:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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The Space Force workers in Colorado will have to ask the engineers in Huntsville, AL which buttons to push.


3 posted on 08/18/2023 9:15:03 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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At orbital speeds sand is a deadly weapon.


4 posted on 08/18/2023 9:15:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations' satellites and the ground stations that support them.

Is this article 30 years old?

5 posted on 08/18/2023 9:15:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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But Soace Force workers will be well trained in diversity and inclusion.


6 posted on 08/18/2023 9:23:32 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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“Well-versed in diversity and inclusion”?

I’d say so, by this statement alone you could verify it:

“Master Sgt. Desiree Cabrera, 75th ISRS operations superintendent, said the new unit will revolutionize the targeting capabilities”

A master sgt. latina (tranny? who knows?) is supt of ISRS operations? That’s gotta be a new low.

OR MAYBE this write-up is just psywar.


7 posted on 08/18/2023 9:31:23 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: algore
Good luck with that, as they say in New York. The U.S. didn't have the cojones to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon until it was conveniently out of our airspace.
8 posted on 08/18/2023 9:33:12 AM PDT by Ebenezer ("Be strong and of good courage.")
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Given the directed energy weapon inferno that occurred in Maui, it could not come soon enough, though I hate to think of what the space wars will bring with armies of killer satellites doing battle. Where is all that satellite debris going to fall?


9 posted on 08/18/2023 9:36:18 AM PDT by iontheball
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Is the US Space Force even capable of reaching any portion of what we know as “outer space” by themselves? Or will they need to hitch a ride on a SpaceX vehicle? Who is going to enact these proposals they are writing up?


10 posted on 08/18/2023 9:39:23 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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11 posted on 08/18/2023 9:48:23 AM PDT by Rio
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robots


12 posted on 08/18/2023 9:50:11 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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A most accurate observation


13 posted on 08/18/2023 9:52:32 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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GO SPACE FORCE! Try to incorporate water cannons. I like water cannons.


14 posted on 08/18/2023 9:53:37 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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China has had such satellite killers for over a decade.


15 posted on 08/18/2023 9:57:08 AM PDT by Wuli
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I remember back in the late Seventies fear and speculation about killer satellites were all over the news.   The Air Force at the time knew killer satellites were real but all they were was a bomb that could be maneuvered close to our satellites and exploded.   NBD
16 posted on 08/18/2023 10:05:24 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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Agreed.

Maybe the new Space Force can study old 8mm grainy films of the Russian and Chinese research on disabling satellites and space vehicles.


17 posted on 08/18/2023 10:20:08 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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You mean it’s first priority is not the fake climate crisis


18 posted on 08/18/2023 10:23:53 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Rio

Loved that sequence from You Only Live Twice. Music and pacing were like a ballet.

Both sides were at risk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZX1YCmzHEw


19 posted on 08/18/2023 10:24:30 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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They can’t blow up to many satellites. The debris fields would create a catastrophic chain of events. Other satellites get destroyed creating more debris... pretty soon they all get destroyed and never again can man put another satellite into orbit, at least until all the space junk burns up.
Saw this nugget in the article though... “electromagnetic warfare” maybe they can EMP them with a directed EMP.


20 posted on 08/18/2023 10:27:47 AM PDT by Pocketdoor
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