People flock to the US govt to offer their skills with aeronautics and spacecraft.

Or other countries start working on space tech

WIn win in a way

It will take decades before it gets anywhere

though i think if we concentrated on the ground we could make leaps and bounds ahead of anyone else who concentrates on space (because face it there arnt many countrys with the economy that can put as much forward as we can into that) and then if we were ever vulnerible to space we would be more than formitible enough on the earth to counter that

True that

Since everyone in space will have something on earth to remind them not to screw around.

But a force not tied to earth? That will be a threat then

Imagine a colony going rogue and sending an invasion force to earth

That can happen

i supose what might be nice is anti-icbm satalites if it turns out that would be more cost effective than ground defenses

id like a defense policy for space rather than offense

You think a satallite can carry enough power to power such a weapon?

24/7

Maybe not now, but tech will improve

But Id imagine thats the first hurdle

wouldent need it, it would only need a reserve to draw on the moment the weapon needs to be used basicly like a gun with ammo, it would be expensive to reload but it would be more cost effective than creating the solar power nessicary to create such a defense consitering the bigger the thing you make in space the more damage it takes over time

How about rods from god

But for space instead

Eh, maybe not

too heavy

are we talking about icbm defense anymore?

To be honest, just launch a new satallite everytime

And retrive the past ones

Yeah, but I was thinking of something not energy based

But in the end, energy based weaponry will be kind

thor wouldent be fast enough

Keep them in rotation, not launch them when an ICBM launch is detected

Have a sat for keeping track of all launch sites and to detect launches, missiles give off alot of energy

i mean the weapon that thor is wouldent be fast enough

Damn, how fast is a missile

minutes

Energy weapons would work there right? Hell you could just install them on the ground

A lazer to disable the missile.

I was sure it was done before

an icbm traveling from earth to earth has less distance than something traveling from geocyncronis orbit

True

Shit man, Im just... Dreaming really about this

Not american, but I still want to see america suceed in this

you could i supose create a missle specificly for speed to catch up to an icbm though

Once you get to space, you don't even need missiles. Tungsten rods are more dangerous