Space war notions; Back to the Moon

Fascinating and reality-based analysis of space warfare in the context of imaginary futures at Rocketpunk Manifesto.

And the Open Luna Foundation is a volunteer organization working to get Earthlings back up there to harvest all that green cheese.

Bulls-eye

Direct hit on the dead satellite from the missile cruiser USS Lake Erie. Nice work. Pay no attention to the whining from the country who does their own space war target practice. Free countries get to defend themselves too. 

Cosmic duck shoot

From the “Who do we expect to be believe that?” column, the Pentagon admits that it may be a bit more than a space debris clean-up . Well duh. And kudos to the WashTimes for the headline:

Satellite shoot-down shows missile muscle

And here’s the New Scientist with some juicy technical details. Oh, it just happens that the launch platform will be one of the Aegis boats now on patrol shielding Japan from the Norks. Chicoms should get a good look too.

‘Jury-rigged’ missile to destroy falling spysat

Good Practice Too

Deny all day long but with everyone and their brothers throwing stuff up into space, including those wacky Iranians, might as well see if we can bring stuff down, eh? Awfully convenient, that malfunctioning satellite.

Pentagon plans to shoot down disabled satellite