[AR] Re: India shoots down satellite, declares itself a space power .
- From: "Troy Prideaux" <troy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 08:30:13 +1100
I would also agree with Henry V. The *primary* role of the government of any
sovereign nation is to ensure the protection and safety of its citizens and an
attack from space is a very real danger in the 21st Century. If you can
demonstrate a capability to intercept in a responsible manner ie. with minimal
orbital debris hazard, then it sounds like there's at least a case for it.
Troy
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Subject: [AR] Re: India shoots down satellite, declares itself a space power .
On 3/28/2019 12:57 PM, Henry Spencer wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Ben Brockert wrote: After China and the US
demonstrated ASAT recently, it's irresponsible for any spacefaring
country to not demonstrate this ability.
Perhaps you could elaborate?
I wouldn't go so far as to say any spacefaring country, but I would agree with
Ben that this is on the whole a responsible move for India.
The reason? Deterrence. Wars far too often start when when a habitually
aggressive party thinks they're positioned for an easy win. A significant
perceived asymmetry in counter-space capability (we can shoot down your
sats, you can't shoot down ours, therefore you'd shortly be fighting blind and
we would win easily) could plausibly help lead to such thinking on the part of
a certain large pushy neighbor of India's. Eliminating that perception is
thus a
responsible thing to do, in that it reduces the chances of such neighbors
mistakenly starting a perceived-"easy" war.
Such "small", "easy", "easily contained", "quick", "limited" wars far too
often
have been anything but and have occasionally spiraled disastrously out of
control. World Wars One and Two both having been kicked off under some
mix of those premises, I don't think I'll bother with further examples...
Henry
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