Talk:Space weapon

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German article

You may want to read the German article (22 p. in print) about this topic entitled Weltraumwaffe (= space weapon); it's been heavily updated and includes most recent information. - 84.146.221.186 14:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holy cow. The German article is much longer. - Rollo44 21:08, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merger

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Oppose merger from Anti-satellite weapon. --Dual Freq 17:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support merger to Militarization of space. --Dual Freq 17:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose merger with Anti-satellite weapon. That is a substantial article that should remain independent. - Rollo44 21:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No Opinion regarding merger of Space weapon into Militarisation of space. - Rollo44 21:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly Support Satellite Weapons are invariably space-based weapons or related to them, no need to have two articles
Support merger to Militarization of space

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close as no-consensus 76.66.193.224 (talk) 22:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sun Gun

I've added mention of the Sun gun. -- œ ^™ 05:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merger notice

Hi, I've merged Orbital bombardment and Orbital weapons here, and attempted a general cleanup. These articles were generally redundant to this one, and had little actual content once the incredible laundry lists of appearances in fiction were removed. There's still overlap with Space warfare and Militarisation of space; perhaps further mergers are in order. Oh, and there are still no sources. Sandstein (talk) 22:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussions moved in from Talk:Orbital bombardment after merge of its article page

Does the U.S. already have weapons of orbital bombardment?

In some circles, of the more paranoid speculative and conspiracy theory type, it has been suggested that the United States might already have orbital bombardment technology, albeit on small scale. An object, such as a chunk of dense rock - perhaps depleted Uranium - could be lifted into orbit via the space shuttle or other means. There, it could be fitted with a high-powered propellant, like a small nuclear device, provided the object was sufficiently shielded from the propelling blast. When detonated, the blast would propel the the object to the ground at etremely high velocity at a selected target, being as precise and at least as effective as a nuclear weapon. It would also have the benefit of not being covered by existing weapons treaties and away from the prying eyes of weapons inspectors. It would also be prohibitively expensive to build.

This is, of course, entirely speculation.

Kevyn 05:30, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If the son of a Bush had it, he would almost certainly have used it by now. A whole lot more Iraqi children could be more easily murdered that way.

No comment. --Kizor 19:53, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On a slightly more lucid level, using a nuclear explosive as propellant would in fact be covered by existing treaties that prohibit the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. Not to mention being a horrendously inefficient use of a nuclear bomb that could be much more effectively used directly on the target. Doesn't sound very plausible to me. Perhaps it's a misunderstanding of a description of the Project Thor concept? Bryan 00:46, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to start an article on orbital weaponry but this seems to be the closest thing. Orbital weaponry could inludde weapons that assaulted the body they orbited, as wel as other orbiting bodies or objects outside of a planets orvital field, should i add that to this article, move this article, or start a new one? thoughts? Solidusspriggan 07:36, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe expand space weapon as a general overview of all of these, and have separate more-specialized articles for each of these specific types of weapon system? Bryan 08:51, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this article could be expanded science-fiction vise, and a link to real world (albeit quite theoretical) occurences be provided with Space warfare (or Space weapon). Scoo 15:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Star Destroyer firepower

According to the Attack of the Clones: Incredible Cross - Sections, an outdated Acclamator class troop transport's individual medium turbolasers are rated at 200 gigatons each. This seems to suggest that the firepower of a single turbolaser blast from an Imperator class Star Destroyer is far greater than a simple atomic bomb.

That is true. Michael Wong wrote articles on Star Destroyer firepower, as well as Saxton's SWTC -SWF

Order: Base Delta Zero

I do not think that it was introduced during the Clone Wars, as I remember that in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith fleet performed a similar order on Taris. Therefore, I will change it. Thank you. Totema1 04:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I remember that the Sith also bombarded the planet Telos IV, which was actually earlier than the bombing of Taris. Just pointing that out. Totema1 17:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Homeworld

I specifically remember the game mentioning that it was an illegal "atmospheric deprivation weapon" that destroyed Kharak, not orbital bombardment, although I'm sure that took place as well. If I remember correctly, the Taiidani had to use the ADW because Kharak's defenses proved too strong for conventional orbital attacks. Chronolegion 14:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are some diagrams that could be transferred from de.wp:

--pfctdayelise (talk) 15:11, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Add A Fact: "Space as potential conflict zone"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

space is now viewed by many American lawmakers and military commanders as a place where the next major global conflict might unfold. If Moscow is working on a space nuke, it would be merely one of dozens of space weapons under development or already in use by Russia, China and the United States. All three nations have tested high-flying missiles capable of targeting space systems from the surface and have lasers, signal jammers and other devices that can disrupt space operations.

The fact comes from the following source:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/05/opinion/nuclear-weapons-space.html

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 {{Cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} What One Russian Satellite Tells Us About the Future of Nuclear Warfare |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/05/opinion/nuclear-weapons-space.html |work=The New York Times |date=2024-12-05 |access-date=2024-12-05 |language=en-US |first=W. J. |last=Hennigan |quote=space is now viewed by many American lawmakers and military commanders as a place where the next major global conflict might unfold. If Moscow is working on a space nuke, it would be merely one of dozens of space weapons under development or already in use by Russia, China and the United States. All three nations have tested high-flying missiles capable of targeting space systems from the surface and have lasers, signal jammers and other devices that can disrupt space operations.}}

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