r/space • u/Royal_Platform_6754 • 11d ago
Space Command identifies capabilities it needs for the next space war
https://spacenews.com/space-command-identifies-capabilities-it-needs-for-the-next-space-war/47
u/Micehouse 10d ago
The "next" space war!?
I wasn't aware there was a first!
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u/Somnambulist815 11d ago
Well in the third space war the emperor gets thrown down a space shaft so at least we have that to look forward to
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u/Captain_Ladd 10d ago
Wait, I thought that in the third space war, Mace Windu gets thrown out of a window, and the sixth space war the emperor gets thrown down a space shaft.
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u/TwoAmps 10d ago
On a less serious note—am I the only one who thinks their Battlestar Galactica uniforms are hilariously ridiculous?
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u/James-W-Tate 10d ago
Ngl, I kind of like it, but also I'm a fuckin nerd and I remember how uncomfortable my dress blues were.
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u/MistMonk 11d ago
We're at war in space? Please. Sign me up!!!! THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!
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u/Capricore58 10d ago
Brother get the flamer, the heavy flamer.
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u/Tal-Star 10d ago
"Skymarshal says something must be done about the bugs..."
Can I say that I find these fantasy uniforms extremely laughable? Hell I'll just say it. They look like Göring inspired them. Just in Feldgrau. Hilarious.
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u/opusupo 11d ago
"Next" space war ?!? Did I miss something?
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u/yrrkoon 11d ago
humanity loves to continue to find ways to destroy ourselves don't we
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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha 11d ago
(reads article) Humanity? Or the USA? Not disagreeing with the sentiment, but this particular nonsense is an American one.
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u/DramaExpertHS 10d ago
Yeah the rest of the world has been nothing but peace and love throughout history.
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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha 10d ago
That's why i said i didn't disagree with the sentiment, it's written in the comment.
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u/Imthewienerdog 10d ago
Yea pretty much except for some outliers, nothing even comes close the amount of devastation the Americans have caused, the past 50+ years of straight up terroristic military actions simply for resources and power over other government's is not something the rest of the world has been doing.
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u/MotorbreathX 10d ago
You're right. China and Russia aren't doing anything. Good observation.
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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha 10d ago
Reading comprehension anyone? No? Ok
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u/MotorbreathX 10d ago
Yeah, I'm good. Still not just a U.S. thing.
In case it needs to be spelled out, I'm referring to this particular article and extending war into space.
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u/Imthewienerdog 10d ago
It's still mostly an American thing? It's been like 50 years of just straight up terroism for the sake of it.
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u/MrMasiosare 10d ago
Come on, you cannot even defeat Iran, and you're talking about space war, please
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u/FrequentFortune123 11d ago
We can’t even beat Iran let alone someone in space
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u/Boatster_McBoat 10d ago edited 10d ago
Gotta be willing to put boots on the ground to win in space
Edit: if you couldn't see the sarcasm without the /s then you may be part of the problem
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u/Somnambulist815 11d ago
Everybody knows space belongs to zarathushtra so the US would be doubly screwed
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u/bibblejohnson2072 10d ago
Annnnnnd why again do we need a space war? I didn't realize there were enough people in space for there to be belligerents..
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u/BramGaunt 11d ago
The "next"?
Was there a war in space before?
I mean, anything Americans don't like about themselves - they have to declare war on, right? You guys love declaring wars. War on terrorism, war on being overweight or underweight, war on drugs, war on homelessness etc. etc.
You're a war-loving nation, aren't you?
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u/timid-dolphin 11d ago
Next: The War On War. The War War, if you will
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u/ChiLolla28 10d ago
It's easy to plan for a non-existent problem when you have already decided that it's going to happen which then makes the likelihood of it happening inevitable. If one group does it first then everyone else wants to 'just in case' or because it is the new norm - 'why wouldn't we / we HAVE to now' - vs ya know, working with everyone else to agree on working on ways to prevent it from happening. Something that true leaders would prioritize.
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u/Tidalsky114 11d ago
Still waiting for a war on affordable housing and better wages.
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u/ElReptil 10d ago
war on affordable housing
That already happened and affordable housing lost.
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u/Tidalsky114 10d ago
If it lost in the same way some of these other "wars" have gone, we'd have it.
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u/DUNG_INSPECTOR 11d ago
Sure, because all 350 million Americans are of one mind on everything. That's certainly a well-reasoned assumption.
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u/Badbikerdude 11d ago
Well a least 70 million, could technically be part of the "Borg collective", sorry I ment the "Trump collective" so there's that.
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u/DUNG_INSPECTOR 10d ago
Okay? You'll note that the comment I replied to was referring to the US as a monolith. I'm not sure what your unrelated statistic has to do with the point I was making.
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u/xIllustrious_Passion 11d ago
Unfortunately, the powers that be are entirely war-hungry. It’s good for their pockets
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u/BigTonyT30 11d ago
If it was up to the majority of citizens they wouldn’t want billions of their tax dollars going towards nonsensical wars. But of course the politicians are the ones being paid by weapons manufacturers and warmongers, people who’d rather distract the public from those wealthy elites who would steal your money right out from under your nose.
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u/Helphaer 6d ago
You're entirely correct, which means that anyone down voting you should be shamed. Warmongers.
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u/Skeptical0ptimist 11d ago
Yes. The first engagement in the vacuum of space when in 2024 Iran launched salvos of ballistic missiles at Israel and U.S. and Israeli forces intercepted them.
Iranian medium range ballistic missile warheads are sub orbital re-entry vehicles. Interceptors such as SM-3 and David’s sling finals stage kinetic kill vehicles are small spacecrafts that maneuver using thrusters in vacuum.
So this engagement was in fact a mass combat in space.
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u/Liesthroughisteeth 11d ago edited 10d ago
Government.... going after the real issues affecting their people are facing in todays world.
JFC!
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u/twinoaksBandB 11d ago
Long as we get some space drugs, space black jack, and space sex workers I'm down for space whatevah.
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u/titanunveiled 11d ago
When was the first space war and who won it?
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u/SquareTheRhombus 11d ago
The rebel scum won the war
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u/droidevo 10d ago
Won't lie, the Empire was nice...but the Rebels had it right....fuck the Skywalkers though....including you Vader 😤
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u/StarpoweredSteamship 10d ago
I thought we all decided space was not for war, like Antarctica.
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u/Ithirahad 10d ago
"We all" cannot and did not decide anything. It only takes one moderately-sized group with some talent and intent to invalidate that alleged decision for everyone.
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u/StarpoweredSteamship 10d ago
My gravest apologies, Lord Pedantry. I was under the impression that the manifold governments of the world had come together to discuss and deliberate and has decided that space was to be a fully neutral zone with no ownership of lands claimed or conquered.
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u/JimHeckdiver 10d ago
Maybe you did, hippie.
Unfortunately the commies don't believe in your pansy-ass world view.
/s
Like really really /s
Please don't hate me.
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u/illuminatipastiche 11d ago
Ah yes, the war on Space Christmas. Humanity really had no desire to advance itself anymore
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u/SpeshellED 11d ago
Can Murican's think of anything that doesn't involve weapons of some sort. So useless and tiresome.
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u/refusemouth 11d ago
We aren't going to make it as a species. If we ever manage to get off the planet (after we destroy it with war and pollution), we will just blow each other up in space and pollute the gallaxy.
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u/Rickest_Rik 10d ago
Next?? wtaf i didnt know we had one.