like everyone is an intellectual or intellectually gifted, which is kinda required to understand and argue

some are physically stronger. some are better with people and reading body language

there are all types of skill-sets that you probably have never even experienced

assuming that everyone has the tools to argue effectively is like the commies assuming everyone is willing to give up their shit like they are

the world is NEVER like you. However, because birds of a feather flock together, more often than not it SEEMS the majority of people are similar to you

Tim's world is a world you would quite likely struggle to navigate

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‘May the (Space) Force be with you,’ Congress tells Trump in new Pentagon budget bill https://www.rt.com/usa/475636-trump-space-force-ndaa/

w00t!

My novel is coming true!

wonder what their pt standards will be compared to af

Given how much astronauts are put through, I'd wager it'll be tougher than the Chair Force. But that's only if we actually start forming units that're expected to go into space.

There's a reason astronauts are almost exclusively pilots.

Amazing.

Now we can nuke China

FROM ORBIT

Kek.

Fight the commies in space

Well for example a large ship with a railgun on it could do kinetic bombardment, that is dropping things that effectivley turn in to like meteorites when they land

They would have more energy than explosives pound for pound, so they could do more damage with a lower weight; but the main advantage is that if you were a soldier you could call in what is effectivley an artillery/airstrike anywhere in the world at any time and have it happen in like 30 seconds

With orbital artillery, you could shoot like rounds down to earth anytime you wanted, within a several hundred mile range with relative ease, from each ship that is effectivley in orbit above an area. So you could station like a few frigates or something over afghanistan and anytime you needed it, bomb the crap out of the enemy without having to wait for a plane to fly by or hope artillery is nearby, you'd have it essentially anywhere in the whole country on demand within seconds or minutes

just in free fall a projectile would fall at like 8 km/s, which would be like 32 megajoules per kilogram, or 8 times that of TNT

and the projectile would be great at piercing armor due to it's high velocity, localize the effects more so you could adjust the blast radius essentially and would have no fall-out or unexploded ordinance, meaning it would be less dangerous for the environment. A very large road that was slightly accelerated, say to 11-14 km/s, would easily have the force of an atomic bomb, although such weapons are already banned. The variable yield capability is a pretty big advantage as well, as simply altering it's flight path/initial velocity would mean you could increase or decrease power. Also, you could have the projectile explode in to dozens of little projectiles right before it hits the ground, thus acting more like shrapnel. The high velocity would mean good penetration, and something like a depleted uranium round would be cheaper. So kinetic bombardment is one advantage, another is an easier time communicating with sattelites, and the third is potentially transporting stuff from space but that's less feasible

He who rules space, rules the world. However, you're getting ahead of yourself; first we have to develop stable military platforms from which to stage any sort of orbital presence.

Exactly

We're quite a ways from having space warships.

But even if there's no space battles having spaceships would still be neat

Oh, absolutely.

it would be dual use for shooting down other spaceships or bombing targets from space

I've got a novel series in the works that explores some of the themes of humanity asserting itself in space.

As well as current politics and cultural trends.

and you could carry a ton of ammunition since pound for pound it would be far lighter than comparitive explosives. A 10 pound projectile could deliver as much power as a 500 pound bomb, and so you wouldn't need to carry as much ordiance, and the nearly unlimited range of several hundred or thousand miles and the nearly instant bombardment would be nice

Neat 😄

I mean as a soldier imagine calling it an air strike in like 30 seconds any time you wanted it lol

That would be pretty neat

Well, the projectiles are considerably lighter, but the energy it takes to send them plunging into the atmosphere isn't inconsiderable.

The initmidation effect of looking up and being able to see it from hundreds of miles would also be something

Guidance systems also need power.

Well, you can't really see it coming.

Well the theory is a very large nuclear reactor powering the whole thing