The Internet was built to be literally bomb-proof rather than figuratively. The utility of that has been self evident and “five nines” thinking continues this tradition. AWS AZs are meant to partially survive floods and wildfires. A super volcano would take out an entire region but people would have other problems at that point (the exception being if emergency services were on those machines, but disaster teams have been learning to bring emergency infrastructure with them ever since New Orleans).
As a UIUC student used to be fond of reminding me, part of the University of Illinois’ contribution to the old Internet was in a building that, if it were to collapse, would fall outward and not crush the basement. Officially that building was designed so every office has natural light, like a collapsible water cup, but it’s a very interesting coincidence that it (the basement) is bomb proof.
You could say the same thing for terrestrial internet. Not trying to be contradictory, I just find this a very interesting ethical topic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
It would be a pretty inefficient way to deploy offensive weapons.
Castelion is building the hypersonic glider weapons. A more public predecessor is,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Falcon_Project
Striking any point on Earth within 90 seconds notice is interesting to some people.
As a UIUC student used to be fond of reminding me, part of the University of Illinois’ contribution to the old Internet was in a building that, if it were to collapse, would fall outward and not crush the basement. Officially that building was designed so every office has natural light, like a collapsible water cup, but it’s a very interesting coincidence that it (the basement) is bomb proof.