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Test Videos?

A video I've been looking for is a flight test video of a 'brilliant pebble' wherein a kinetic interceptor is put through a series of manuvers in a room over a catch net. A voice calls out each manuver, then the interceptor does it. The video runs from the start of the test through the interceptor running out of fuel and dropping into the net. Actual runtime of the interceptor would be much longer in space because during th test it had to constantly pulse whichever thruster(s) pointed down to hover.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 08:23, January 16, 2007 (UTC)

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Civilian benefits of military-funded basic research

This is a point often brought up, that even a mostly failed military project that costs a lot of money (how much was eventually spent, apparently we’ll have to look elsewhere- not a npov question I guess!!) ends up having basic research side-effects that help the civilian (well, read “business”, in many cases) sector as well. Why one should never help the actual civilian sector more directly is never made clear. ELSchissel (talk) 13:37, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some Links i Found, but Haven't Yet, also Pointing out the Issue of Dead Links

I Found the Following Interesting Sources:
- ResearchGate “Space‐Strike Weapons” and the Soviet Response to SDI*" October 2008
- Archives . gov "REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE (U)"
Finally the "Missile Wars" and "Possible Soviet Responses to the US Strategic Defense Initiative (CIA document)" are both dead links

--Eric Lotze (talk) 13:56, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Undermining MAD

Moved from Article awaiting citations and copy edit for clarity and conciseness:

"Another destabilizing scenario was countries being tempted to strike first before SDI was deployed, thereby avoiding a disadvantaged nuclear posture. Proponents of SDI argued that SDI development might instead cause the side that did not have the resources to develop SDI to, rather than launching a suicidal nuclear first strike attack before the SDI system was deployed, instead come to the bargaining table with the country that did SDI and MAD SDI was criticized for potentially disrupting the strategic stability afforded by the doctrine of mutual assured destruction. MAD postulated that intentional nuclear have those resources and, hopefully, agree to a real, sincere disarmament pact that would drastically decrease all forces, both nuclear and conventional. Furthermore, the MAD argument was criticized on the grounds that MAD only covered intentional, full-scale nuclear attacks by a rational, non-suicidal opponent with similar values. It did not take into account limited launches, accidental launches, rogue launches, or launches by non-state entities or covert proxies." Chino-Catane (talk) 14:34, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Orange alert

Trump said a few weeks ago that Reagan's SDI will be restarted, realized and thus a full-scale ABM shield will be created for the USA. The article should be updated accordingly (including mention that Russia no longer relies on ICBM for strikes exclusively: they have Uranus-6 nuclear powered, 100MT three-phase nuke armed giant torpedos / drone mini submarines, which swim up to N.Y., etc. US coasts, go boom and wipe everything 50mi inland with a tsunami of radioactive water for generations to come.) 84.236.83.72 (talk) 17:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is discussed in Russia and weapons of mass destruction or ought to. The former belongs here. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, I cited the official Whitehouse press release for the "American Iron Dome". Alas, I'm too busy, or you might say too lazy, to chase down the arguments for and against. Perhaps there will eventually be a reason for a new article about that. Jim.henderson (talk) 08:48, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]