On Feb 23, 9:17=A0pm, IsaacKuo <mech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 23, 7:56 pm, "dwight.thi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <dwight.thi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On Feb 23, 7:41 pm, IsaacKuo <mech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > This assumes it's even possible to get outside the sensor
> > > net at all. =A0The easiest way to launch the sensor drones is
> > > to just send them out with just enough fuel to accelerate
> > > outward. =A0No deceleration burn when reaching a particular
> > > desired radius from the Sun. =A0Thus, the sensor network just
> > > continuously gets bigger and bigger. =A0Instead of wasting
> > > resources on deceleration burns, you simply periodically
> > > launch more sensor drones to "replace" the ones that get
> > > too far out to be particularly useful.
> > But, uh, if you're doing that, aren't you kinda showing where those
> > sensors are? =A0The rules are most definitely, 'assume sensors can
> > always be perfectly stealthed and never found, while spaceships have
> > to obey the laws of physics.'
> Yes, the enemy knows where the sensor drones are. =A0So what?
> It doesn't give the enemy any particular capability to do anything
> about it.
Sure it does. A 8 km/s 10kg self-guiding munition sent to where the
meticulously tracked and plotted spy sat will be in X years will toast
it. If the craft can't maneuver. If they can, then you need to send in
your own hunter-killer sats. If you pre-position your killer sats
there then you can have an even better timeframe. It would come down
to a matter of dollars and cents. How much would it cost to keep up
with this cold war?
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