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Topic started on 5-6-2003 @ 09:37 AM by mad scientist
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New Weapons to Strike Global Targets From Space
Pentagon planners are seeking new weapons to rapidly strike targets around the globe within minutes. Some of these new weapons are being quietly
fielded inside former Cold War systems that are slated for retirement due to strategic arms agreements with Russia.
The U.S. Air Force is currently evaluating the conversion of some Minuteman III strategic missiles from a nuclear role to a conventional
precision-strike capacity.
The Minuteman missile has been the mainstay of the U.S. land-based leg of nuclear long-range missiles since the 1960s. Each of the solid-fueled
missiles is capable of delivering up to three nuclear warheads within 300 feet of an intended target anywhere on Earth within 30 minutes from its
launch from silos in America.
The Minuteman Elite program, although focused primarily on updating a small number of the nuclear-armed versions, has options that would allow
Pentagon planners to use the intercontinental missiles as conventionally armed fast-reaction space forces.
The proposed conversion would replace Minuteman nuclear warheads with precision-guided conventional warheads that could strike targets within a
one-meter-square area. Other options include a special "Common Aero Vehicle" shell that could deliver from space-penetrating warheads,
small-diameter bombs and cruise missiles, or even unmanned aerial reconnaissance drones.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 11:48 AM by ultra_phoenix
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I think that since the eighties, some minuteman 2 or 3 are already fitted with satellites to replace those who are alredy in orbit and can be
destroyed if there is a war.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 11:57 AM by tututkamen
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haarp will eliminate all need for missiles
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 11:57 AM by mad scientist
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Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
I think that since the eighties, some minuteman 2 or 3 are already fitted with satellites to replace those who are alredy in orbit and can be
destroyed if there is a war.
I remeber reading about some minutemans which were fitted with radio transmitters which were a backup for the NMCC. During a nuclear war these
missiles would be launched and start transmitting the codes for the nuclear triad. This was just in case the established means of communication were
knocked out.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 12:11 PM by ultra_phoenix
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I remeber reading about some minutemans which were fitted with radio transmitters which were a backup for the NMCC. During a nuclear war these
missiles would be launched and start transmitting the codes for the nuclear triad. This was just in case the established means of communication were
knocked out.
They are pretty smart in the USAF.
Originally posted by tututkamen
haarp will eliminate all need for missiles
Yeah, and who will launch the satellites ? The HAARP system may be ?
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 12:49 PM by Kriskaos
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I think that the starwars program is much more then just to knock out ICBM'S I believe it has a ground attack cappabilities also
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 01:03 PM by mad scientist
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Originally posted by Kriskaos
I think that the starwars program is much more then just to knock out ICBM'S I believe it has a ground attack cappabilities also
Well, I guess the unltimate dream of the military would be to have a global staellite based laser system capable of destroying pinpoint targets on the
ground,air or sea.
I read a great book called Peacemaker
www.stopskyjackers.com...
I thinks its out of print, but it was a very interesting book which shows what could happen if the US had Star Wars dominance.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 01:33 PM by ultra_phoenix
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Originally posted by mad scientist
I thinks its out of print, but it was a very interesting book which shows what could happen if the US had Star Wars dominance.
Ok. And it was good for the whole world or not ?
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 01:44 PM by mad scientist
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Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
Originally posted by mad scientist
I thinks its out of print, but it was a very interesting book which shows what could happen if the US had Star Wars dominance.
Ok. And it was good for the whole world or not ?
No, the Russians weren't happy so they tried to test its capablities. They made the NK launch an attack into the South. During this attack the
Soviets fired ASAT missiles at one of the 12 laser platforms. One missile got through destroying a platform. In retaliation peacemaker ( which has
limited AI ) destroys the NK military convboys all the way back into Taejong creating a firestorm killing 500,000 people. The laser are so precise
they can target people size objects.
It ends with the inventor chaning the access codes and transmitting a portion to every countries emabssy in the world. After that he programs
peacemaker to destro in 1 years time every object producing more heat than a motorbike. This would effectively throw back man a hundred years and
cause millions of deaths. So his theory was, the world has to work together to stop this happening and if they couldn't then so be it.
However at the very end of the book the NSA chief reports to the President taht they have intercepted 80% of the access codes and their supercomputers
will have found the rest within 6 months.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 01:54 PM by ultra_phoenix
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Originally posted by mad scientist
1) No, the Russians weren't happy so they tried to test its capablities. They made the NK launch an attack into the South. During this attack the
Soviets fired ASAT missiles at one of the 12 laser platforms. One missile got through destroying a platform.
2) In retaliation peacemaker ( which has limited AI ) destroys the NK military convboys all the way back into Taejong creating a firestorm killing
500,000 people. The laser are so precise they can target people size objects.
3) It ends with the inventor chaning the access codes and transmitting a portion to every countries emabssy in the world. After that he programs
peacemaker to destro in 1 years time every object producing more heat than a motorbike. This would effectively throw back man a hundred years and
cause millions of deaths. So his theory was, the world has to work together to stop this happening and if they couldn't then so be it.
4) However at the very end of the book the NSA chief reports to the President taht they have intercepted 80% of the access codes and their
supercomputers will have found the rest within 6 months.
1) Of course. If I was them, it's exactely what I'll do.
2) Ouch.
3) Yes, a great idea on the first look but finally a stupid one. Too much dangerous. Anyway, I wonder how a single man would be able to do that.
4) Read point 1.
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 01:58 PM by mad scientist
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If you can get you hands on the book UP it really is in a class of its own. What I have typed is just a very brief description of the book,
overlooking many other engagements, including the attempted assassination of the President by the FBI Director, using the FBI's Hostage Rescue
Team.
Awesome Read 
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reply posted on 5-6-2003 @ 02:06 PM by ultra_phoenix
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The book is out of sales.
Tomorrow, I've to go somewhere where ( I'm damn sure ) there is a big second hand books market. I'll ask them.
I need a french version.
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