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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TomcatViP" data-source="post: 357927" data-attributes="member: 12097">Although having a laser fired from earth and the territory of a nation to blind "adversaries" spying satellites as a retaliation measure sounds like a pretty coherent and reasonable defensive mean (but it will have to be only the military hardware that is targeted if we don't want to plunge the 21st century in an ice age of new technologies ), the kinetic attack of other satellite sounds dramatically unnecessary and really concerning.I am pretty much on the line that this space Machin was a an unprepared announcement to hide an embarrassing story as you may know ( Libya) but  not everything can be done or even the intends of it revealed in the press without putting the  still emerging space industry at risk. What about civilian hardware targeted as "precautionary" or "retaliation" measure? Does France believes that war are clear cut untidy things? Does anyone have evaluated the impact on the cost of civilian hardware if operators have now to take into account the risk of "French" battling in Space around their satellites or inhabited space station?This industry still relies on the absolute safety of every launched hardware to make some profit. Even the new spying techniques make sure to use low invasive means (for various reason obviously). And now, the French industry want to fire shotguns in space to impress the Gov and secure some profits?!If I was any industrial in that sector I would fill a complaint as a preventive measure  at the ONU and the WTO to mark the industry total opposition toward this unnecessary added risk.And by the way, a solar panel is just something that only have to be sprayed/coated to quickly degrade the capabilities of its satellite*. No need to blast the hell out of it and generate debris that will ruin our access to space. At all cost, this only should be the priority of a civilized nation reflecting on the future of its space defense.*You have the vacuum, you don't even need much energy to achieve a clean and neat result.</blockquote>

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