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

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 23:51

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In <1993Jan04.205508.23361@eng.umd.edu> sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney) writes:

>Not to mention the EMP problems you'd cause for commercial sats and (possibly)
>electronics on the ground.... It would be bad. 

Not necessarily.  At least, not if you plan for it.

Consider this scenario.  You have a battle fleet somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean.  Your enemy has a battle fleet somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean.  Both fleets are looking for one another.  Your
enemy also has a satellite, which will pass overhead shortly, 
telling him exactly where you are.

Shortly before the satellite gets within detection range of
your fleet, you launch an SLBM, taking out your enemy's nice,
new, expensive satellite.  Both fleets get hit by EMP, but you
are prepared because you know it's coming.  Your enemy isn't
expecting it.  Worse, he has all his planes sitting out, exposed,
on the flight deck, waiting to launch when the satellite gives
him targeting information.  If you're lucky, you've taken out
all his AEW.  This puts you in a very good position....

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