Thursday, June 01, 2006

Defense Tech: 'Parasitic' Space Weapons Systems?

Via Defense Tech.

[An ...] offensive counterspace has proved tricky, with the specter of shards of broken satellites strewn in space, or crashing down to Earth.

[ICBM combat crew commander Capt. Joseph T. Page II] Page's suggestion: hijack an enemy orbiter's attitude control system -- which runs everything from propulsion to communications – and replace it with a "parasitic attitude control system," or PACS.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 6/01/2006 12:02:00 PM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home