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Comment by MarsZebra | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]MarsZebra · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:03 UTC · link
Yeah but Starlink also intends to put weapons ONBOARD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...

[−]bluescrn · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:07 UTC · link
Defensive weapons.

It would be a pretty inefficient way to deploy offensive weapons.

[−]MarsZebra · 2026-11-15 Sun 00:54 UTC · link
No it's explicitly OFFENSIVE weapons (left-of-launch strike)

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.

[−]ExoticPearTree · 2026-11-15 Sun 03:50 UTC · link
It would end a lot of disputes rather quickly.
[−]boznz · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:57 UTC · link
There is nothing in the linked Wikipedia article says this.