Re: Answers to quiz + ASAT capability & the future of space itself


"Ian Parker" <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As promised the answers to my Quiz


US defense policy is based on a contradiction. If you are fighting
terrorist groups or small countries without any aerospace capability,
you are OK. But, against such an enemy the utility of sophisticated
aircraft may be limited anyway. There is absolutely no point in
military secrecy - at least not for technology. A country which is
capable will be able to knock 70-80% of your military capability out
at a stroke, using ASAT weapons and sand. You can give detailed
hypersonic drawings to Al Qaeda or any small country and they could
not make use of them anyway.


You have our military strategy all wrong. The new frontiers of space
and cyberspace allow a new opportunity to fight and defend
against the...small or less developed enemies...terrorists.
We are not moving into space to counter large sophisticated
military threats. As China and Russia could easily overwhelm
missile defense, and debris attacts could take out anything
in orbit.

We're moving into the high ground and high tech to give
the individual soldier a full spectrum advantage in low intensity
urban warfare...terrorists.

US Air Force Posture Statement
Space Capabilities in Joint Operations
http://www.posturestatement.hq.af.mil/2_3_fighting.htm

The classic example the military uses for their new
space based warfare is the killing of Al-Zarqawi
in Iraq. Where tips, troops and communication
networks allowed quick and effective response
by US jets.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-06-08-al-zarqawi-airstrike_x.htm


The US wants the ability to deploy ...small and highly
accurate payloads anywhere in the world in minutes.
Before the intelligence gets stale. The effects of
these capabilities against larger countries is
marginal for now.

Down the road though...it scares even me~

Imagine the internet twenty or forty years from now, a network
so vast and interconnected it takes on a life of its own.
A machine we can't turn off.

Now imagine a military with the same sort of global
pervasiveness and self-sufficiency.

It's happening as we speak. Truth is always stranger
than fiction.






- Ian Parker


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