Was anybody falling for it? They've been talking about wanting to do this since the 60s and have what is effectively an infinite budget. And then there's the X37b. I don't think it's necessarily the Rods from God system, though. A more realistic system would be something like a satellite that releases a black paint in the orbit of an enemy satellite to make it overhead and shut down. Insidious things like that.
To argue against myself, there's also the definition of "weapon" that the military uses that includes any technology that allows them to get an edge over the enemy. Recon is a weapon under that definition.
Was anybody falling for it? They've been talking about wanting to do this since the 60s and have what is effectively an infinite budget. And then there's the X37b. I don't think it's necessarily the Rods from God system, though. A more realistic system would be something like a satellite that releases a black paint in the orbit of an enemy satellite to make it overhead and shut down. Insidious things like that.
To argue against myself, there's also the definition of "weapon" that the military uses that includes any technology that allows them to get an edge over the enemy. Recon is a weapon under that definition.