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Mustellus

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9. An orbital interceptor....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 07:59 AM

Jul 23

.. has to be everywhere in order to be over the one small patch on earth that the bad guys are launching from....

That means a huge number of interceptors in orbit. You gotta cover Siri Lanka in order to cover Siberia.

The bad guys can overwhelm it locally by launching a large number of ICBM's at once from one place.

And it all has to be automatic. No preparing a briefing for the Senior Decision Maker. The system is either On or Off. If its On, it has permission to shoot. If its Off, its off.

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