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  1. "US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."

    Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.

    #OrbitalDebris
    #OrbitalConflict
    @sundogplanets

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

  2. "US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."

    Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.

    #OrbitalDebris
    #OrbitalConflict
    @sundogplanets

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

  3. "US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."

    Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.

    #OrbitalDebris
    #OrbitalConflict
    @sundogplanets

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

  4. "US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."

    Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.

    #OrbitalDebris
    #OrbitalConflict
    @sundogplanets

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

  5. "US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."

    Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.

    #OrbitalDebris
    #OrbitalConflict
    @sundogplanets

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

  6. Space Race Heats Up as Russia and China Target Satellites

    Russia and China are developing satellite-killing technologies while Europe and the UK struggle to protect their space assets,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #anti-satelliteweapons #AU #Australia #China #ESAstrategy #Europe #Kosmos-2558 #Luch-Olymp #orbitalconflict #Russia #satellitesecurity #Science #spacerace #spacewarfare #UKSpaceCommand #USA-326
    newsbeep.com/au/176366/