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.

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