this post was submitted on 30 May 2024

116 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

69702 readers

2671 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

116

US Officials: A Russian Rocket Launch Last Week Likely Deployed A Space Weapon (soylentnews.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

26 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 28 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

TLDR: The purpose and capabilities of the satellites are unknown, but they’re being deployed suspiciously close to US surveillance satellites.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

*known surveillance satellites

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a good thing the US has equipped every satellite with a concealed carry weapon /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Because of you I imagined a satellite with a small, dedicated hydraulic arm holding a glock.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How close though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Some of them pass within “a few dozen kilometers”, while others are at “a large distance” but are in orbits that could be quickly changed to put them closer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe satellite location was some of the info Trump sold to the Kremlin.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Soylent news?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

IS PEOPLE

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

time to destroy russia

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dont lose any time. Enlist now and go kill russia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not like that!
Others (preferably Ukrainians, we don't consider them humans anyway, right?) should go and destroy Russia instead of me, I should be lying comfortably on my bed commenting how we should destroy Russia!
/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Wtf.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Time to liberate the Russians from themselves.

Maybe get some of that oil. Yaknow, freedom it up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Seeing Russia’s effectiveness in Ukraine the past couple of years, this really doesn’t concern me. Its capabilities are probably more like a battering ram than anything high tech. Even though that can obviously still fuck with our satellites, I highly doubt this is some doomsday weapon we should all be afraid of

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm less concerned with them being effective and more concerned they'll fuck up and kick off Kessler Syndrome

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

On the plus side, we might end up in a Planetes esque future where space garbageman is a lucrative job

[+] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

[removed by mod]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Ah wow, interesting. I’m still extremely skeptical Russia pulled it off with this launch. They’re still fighting wars by throwing wave after wave of human cannon fodder towards frontlines. They’re far more rudimentary than we’ve all been told imo. Mass corruption at every level causes mass incompetence

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you sceptical about the part where Russia can put a satellite into orbit or the part where they can make a nuclear bomb?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The part where they can put a a nuclear bomb on a satellite. Or that it would work even if they somehow pulled it off

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're replying to a comment that states the US pulled it off 60 years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No read that again buddy. We blew up a nuke in space. We didn't send it on a rocket attached to a satellite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Do you know of some special secret law of thermodynamics that prevents us from putting a nuclear bomb in orbit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

During the Cold War, Russia launched quite a few nuclear powered satellites, and I mean real fission reactors, not just RTGs. Apparently they're still up there and possibly still generating power. So it's pretty much a proven fact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They’re still fighting wars by throwing wave after wave of human cannon fodder towards frontlines.

There have been some gradual changes in the last 2 years.

Mass corruption at every level causes mass incompetence

There are still people competent, willing to win a war or with some perverted understanding of patriotism. Others steal - they make do with what they have. That's not negligible.

Also mass corruption is present not only in Russia.

They’re far more rudimentary than we’ve all been told imo.

That can also be said about Israel, for example.

I think we may find out one day that complacency plus corruption have eaten not only Russian military.

Also you are doubting that Russia has launched a few sats? It's still one of the countries with expertise and ability. Nothing weird about this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Space force, activate!