The Red Line cover image

93 - Satellite Surveillance: The New Orbital Arms Race

The Red Line

00:00

The Kessler Effects

There's a critical point at which after you create so much debris things just become unstable. Even if you destroy the satellite itself in terms of damaging of the answer to its control it's just one piece of debris right? The US would probably try enough to do that for as long as they can. There could be a point at which a nation would think well it's not I'm losing the war and I would rather lose my satellites than hurt my opponent more than it's gonna hurt me.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app