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Comment by jeroenhd

15 hours ago

If it were impossible, China would've had reason to blow up their satellites in orbit. The US would do the same thing for Chinese satellite ISPs.

Jamming on such a large scale is expensive, but it's hardly impossible.

There’s no evidence that China (or anybody else) has the capacity to meaningfully harm the 9000+ satellite Starlink constellation.

  • Debris creating debris creating debris ... ?

    • Only if they want to kill 99% of all sattelites since this is a game that can be played together.

    • Yes, I’ve seen this!

      It was a small, triangular ship that blasted big asteroids, which in turn spun off and collided with other asteroids…