NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,65151-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1

So, the USAF is saying it plans to have anti-sats ready in 5 years, and according to the Hauge convention, it is legal to hit any satalite that carries a communication from your enemy. Would you feel that your country should declare war is one of it's satalites is shot down?

http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,65151-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1

Would you feel that your country should declare war is one of it's satalites is shot down?
That seems a bit of an overreaction. Maybe reparations and repayment, but declaring war on another country because a piece of hardware was destroyed seems very wasteful.

You could always blame the destruction on some sort of space thingie, like a meteor, or some space debris.

That seems a bit of an overreaction. Maybe reparations and repayment, but declaring war on another country because a piece of hardware was destroyed seems very wasteful.

But they've got weapons of mass destruction :D