The U.S.'s New 1,000 Satellite Anti-Nuke Defense System

[Creeper]

once again you are not looking hard enough; now I admit finding sources that actually give success rates is hard; since that is considered classified.
What I have been able to gather is that there is around 30-40% success rates if you regard significant degradation a success which most do. If you want total destruction it is less

The US has traditionally built our military satellites with system duplication and capability to operate after damage. Anti Satellite tests started in the early 70's and even then it was felt that the capability would increase over time. So the decision was made to make ours able to still function after a lot of damage. one reason ours are so expensive. Actually, probably the prime reason outside of the fact that all our military equipment is probably two or three times as expensive as it should be

Success rates are never going to be made public, but I am sure our intelligence agencies that monitor these tests can tell how effective these weapon are. To test them, they would have to actually destroy a satellite, which Russia actually did very effectively. Otherwise most of these tests are simulations.

If we can dock capsules with the space station or other ships, we can shoot down satellites that basically have little or no defensive capabilities. The question is how many satellites would Russia or China need to disable to render a space based weapons system ineffective.

But I am pretty sure if the US attempts to develop a spaced based defense system, Russia and China would immediately establish development programs to build weapons capable of defeating our system. This has be the history of human weapons development since the cave man.

 

[gtb1943]

I'm just saying. If I'm at a stand off with someone, and that someone can come up with something to stop me, I'm shooting them before they do it. It's just common sense. It is no longer mutually assured destruction.

Missiles will still get through. You can launch enough to swamp all but a massive defense grid.
Its a game of chicken in the end

 

[gtb1943]

Success rates are never going to be made public, but I am sure our intelligence agencies that monitor these tests can tell how effective these weapon are. To test them, they would have to actually destroy a satellite, which Russia actually did very effectively. Otherwise most of these tests are simulations.

If we can dock capsules with the space station or other ships, we can shoot down satellites that basically have little or no defensive capabilities. The question is how many satellites would Russia or China need to disable to render a space based weapons system ineffective.

But I am pretty sure if the US attempts to develop a spaced based defense system, Russia and China would immediately establish development programs to build weapons capable of defeating our system. This has be the history of human weapons development since the cave man.

we already are working on it. This just makes it public. we never STOPPED working on it from the 80's