Re: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 22:25

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In <1993Jan4.165523.11040@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:

>Technically possible, but militarily dangerous. You've just escalated
>a brushfire conventional war into a nuclear exchange.

Oh?  So what are you going to do about it?  MAD -- the aptly named
legacy of Robert McNamara -- is still in effect.  If you retaliate 
by launching a nuclear strike against your enemy's territory, he can 
do the same to you. Are you prepared to sacrifice millions of your
citizens to avenge the loss of one spy satellite?

I didn't think so.

You might retaliate by attacking your enemy's satellites, but if
he started the ASAT battle, it's because he decided he has less 
to lose than you do.  (And if you're the United States, he's almost
certainly right.)

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