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Care to quote someone else, someone more reliable because last I've checked the cost is mostly in the launch. That isn't 100% the case. At lower orbits, that's a problem, the satellites for early warning tend to be higher up like GPS satellites... at least last that I remember.

Compare that to all the atmospheric effects, saltwater (seriously, saltwater has some serious corrosive effects, enough to limit what sort of materials can be used anywhere near seawater), sand, the weather... it's pretty tame in comparison. Why do you think all of our ICBM warning missile...

From what I understand, that's not really the case. Space is, compared to a planet like Earth, quite tame when it comes to maintenance. The lack of defensive barriers works both ways as well, meaning that your StO missiles will be detected before they hit their target. You might have the ability...

That is actually laughable, given that 1) doing that would be horrifically expensive (as in 'ruin your military budget forever' levels of expensive) because of construction and maintenance costs (which is why most scifi tends to have StO guns to be modified spaceship weapons), 2) the moment you...

That isn't really the case. We're hitting the point in terms of military tech that, well, militia can't win without a) a nation-state's backing (like the Taliban and Pakistan) and b) being a military force with the heavy ordinance and sophisticated training that it requires. If you hold the...

The technological context influences a lot this sort of thing. Let's take Traveller and Ground Control. In Traveller's case, you'll need ground forces because of this little thing called a meson site. To give you an idea, a meson site is a meson cannon (which lols anything not a meson screen)...