Rex wrote:

Hagar wrote:

I'm sure their darts are aimed at our satellites, just like ours are trained
on their satellites.  All these so-called treaties are mere lip-service
balm for the jittery masses, to prove that the Politicos have a handle
on things ... which, of course, they don't.

The system is meant for ground attack by dropping rods..not at each others' satellites.
Then again, even the space shuttle has had classified military missions in the past, so there's no telling what's really been put in orbit.
It's not like anyone else can go up and check what the satellites actually do.



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"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
 -- Harry Warner of Warner Brothers, 1925
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Commander Zorg of the Galactic Fed: "The blue orb planet known as URTH has launched space weapons into their orbit."

Lt. Zimrod: Sir do you view them as a threat, have they crossed the threshold of intelligence that we should negotiate with them and co-opt them into the federation,or should we exterminate them?

Commander Zorg: No, I don't think so. On further examination we find that they have aimed these weapons at themselves as such they pose no immediate threat..Stupid creatures.

Lt.Zimrod: All units stand down, they will likely destroy themselves before we need to take any measures.