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Kimmo Huosionmaa
Destroying communication satellites would cause the great danger to national security. If those satellites are unable to work, the strategic missile troops won't get launch codes. And the units that are on the field are unable to communicate with headquarters. That would make the strategic air support impossible and if that happens in the critical situation, could results be devastating. And all of the operations could be failed in this situation. Also, somebody might break in the command system, and starts to give false orders for troops.
Dangers of using GPS-systems for military purposes is clear. The worst problem is that those satellites can be tracked and shoot to bites with high-altitude seat system. One version of this kind of operation is to use X-37B or similar shuttle, what is equipped with rockets. That shuttle can be installed example to the nose of Delta-rocket and connected with Agena stage, what gives it very good maneuver capacity. The rockets can be installed to this small shuttle cargo bay, on the top of manipulator's hand.
And they can be shoot to target by aiming the system with optical telescopes. In this scenario, the shuttle could have similar rocket cassettes in the cargo bay, what are used in helicopters. Those cassettes can be used with manipulator's hand, what gives them greater freedom to choose the angle for that equipment, and the systems of that shuttle can link with other devices, like land-based radio-and optical telescopes and satellites, what are looking for targets.
If those rockets would be used with the manipulator arm, the use of fuel during firing operations would be minimized. Turning manipulator arm doesn’t need fuel, and the rockets can fire in any direction. But there is another option for that shuttle. The same rockets that are used against satellites can be used as kinetic ammunition against targets on Earth. If they would be filled with ceramic warheads and shoot to the Earth, that would ammunition get the speed of 10-15 000 kilometers per hour. In that speed the impact energy will be very big, and those ammunition could be devastating.
The use of rockets is more practical than machine gun because the rocket is the recoilless weapon, what doesn’t make shuttle unstable. Those rockets can also be installed in MKV:s (Miniature Kill Vehicles) or “space bazookas” what are about 50 cm. long and holds one to 5 rockets. They can shoot an orbiter with all rockets, and the aiming of that rocket is similar process than with shuttle. MKV:s could have CCD cameras, and they can use with or without the shuttle. They might look similar than normal helicopter rocket cassette, what is connected to small CCD-equipped telescope and maneuver unit. Those weapons are miniaturized versions of the satellites, what were developed in 1980’s.
The thing what makes this more dangerous, than we ever though is that those GPS satellites can be replaced by hostile satellites. In this scenario, those destroyed GPS-satellites could be replaced by “Troy-horses”, what are similar satellites, but they would give wrong places for the equipment, what are connected to that system. In theory, those satellites can turn enemy own missiles against itself. This means that enemy cruise missiles can be programmed to attack its own cities. That kind of treats is possible in this modern era of the military. The enemies would not know, that some of their satellites have been destroyed.
But also the GPS-satellites can have resist-weapons. Those satellites can equip with “gyrojet guns” and rockets or shotguns, what gives them the capacity to defend themselves against the strikes. The problem of powder weapon, in this case, is that there must be burned same size of powder in opposite direction, where the gun is aimed. Also, electromagnetic shields like micro- or radio-wave EMP-weapons can be used to make those miniature kill vehicles unable to operate. Those weapons can installed in any satellite or space station. They can operate independently, and their operations would not be connected to that satellites normal functions. The defensive weapons work like offensive weapons, but their targets are anti-satellite weapons, what is attacking the satellite.
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