Without passing any judgement on the technical approach, the idea of having an unmanned high flyer communications network in case our space assets are neutralized is a good one for two reasons:
1. The obvious one: We'd have a backup.
2. The less obvious one: It lowers the military utility, and therefor the likelihood of someone bothering to neutralize the space assets in the first place,
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Monday, September 26, 2011
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Ever see the movie "Stealth"? It was a so-so stealthified version of Top Gun, but it had a couple cool ideas in it. One was an absolutely huge, Navy-owned dirigible at extremely high altitude that was used for refueling aircraft. That would be a very interesting platform for a SATCOM alternative, or strategic ISR.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on airships as an attractive option for relays. Theoretically, you could get them high enough, reliably enough. (I hated the movie though [;-)
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