Posted on 11/06/2023 4:10:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Space has become the new theater of war after Israel shot down a rocket soaring 'outside of Earth's atmosphere.'
The Israel Defense (IDF) revealed last week that its Arrow missile defense system took down an 'aerial threat' allegedly fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
While details are sparse, the accepted boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space is 62 miles above the surface, known as the Kármán line.
IDF said the Arrow intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea fired towards its territory after the rocket traveled nearly 1,000 miles from Yemen.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed it was the third attack the group had launched at Israel and vowed there would be more to come until 'Israeli aggression' stopped, referring to the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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There are two countries on this planet that could pull that off.
Amazing.
The article doesn’t make clear if The Arrow system hit the rocket “in space”, or hit it after it came to a more accessible altitude.
What kind of payload would a rocket like that carry if it’s not nuclear???
Karman
Are you counting China...?
When China detonates asats against our satellites it’s not a new theater of war but when Jews detonate genocidal misdiles for their small homeland it’s a dramatic expansion of war into formerly peaceful space.
Probably uncle Joe’s eBay account
Let's just say that there aren't many.
“Space becomes new theater of war: Israel shoots down a ballistic missile that was traveling 62 miles ABOVE Earth”
I notice that the headline does NOT read:
“Space becomes new theater of war: Muslims Attack Israel From Space With ballistic missile that was traveling 62 miles ABOVE Earth”
Iran giving terrorists some of its missiles which are being used to attack Israel is the other part of the story here
Remember the X37B plane that was in orbit for more than a year? What was that doing? Simple answer: preparing to take down enemy satellites.
Houthi rebels shot a missile that was traveling at 330,000 ft?
I call bullshit.
This store makes no sense. The distance from launch to intended target (Eilat) is less than 1200 miles. What would be the point of using a space-entry ballistic missile for such a small distance (NYC to Kansas City)?
It’s not hard hard to launch it once Iran gives you the missiles, systems, and training.
According to brittanica a German V2 rocket got to 109 miles up in 1944. Headline written by a complete clueless scribe.
Normally it would get to about 50 miles, but it obviously could get higher.
Reporter wants clicks. Another reason to distrust the children reporters in the media.
The pop-up trajectory, that NK has utilized in tests, puts the missile beyond the scope of lower-altitude air defenses that could take down a cruise missile, for example.
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