EatingOnions@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRussia and China Develop Joint Plan to Counter Starlink; It Involves Physical Destruction of Satellitesmilitarnyi.comexternal-linkmessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareOntimp@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWho needs GPS and climate data anyway, right?
minus-squareUFO64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGPS is comically higher than starlink. I’d be much more worried about a direct attack.
minus-squareOntimp@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYea but you still have to get the GPS satellites up there safely. I see though that it might actually not be that big of an issue of GPS.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYes, but a screen of tiny reflective particles spread through orbit between the Earth and the GPS satellites might cause communication problems.
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s not what these satellites are used for.
Who needs GPS and climate data anyway, right?
GPS is comically higher than starlink.
I’d be much more worried about a direct attack.
Yea but you still have to get the GPS satellites up there safely. I see though that it might actually not be that big of an issue of GPS.
Yes, but a screen of tiny reflective particles spread through orbit between the Earth and the GPS satellites might cause communication problems.
That’s not what these satellites are used for.