US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites

Technology@lemmy.world – 205 points – 11 months ago

US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites::The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations' satellites and the ground stations that support them.

"Are we the baddies?"

"Our patches? They've got skulls on them..."

Man why do they have to make these cringey symbols for units like these? This is space, we should have something cooler.

Ope I see we have different tastes lmao

It probably speaks to the people that would want to join it. I'm not the target audience!

And I'm definitely in. Checks out lol, I'm a geek.

Honestly, it looks like a gamer tag icon from back in the Halo 2 days lol

US Space Force: "Stop laughing, we really do have a purpose!"

Things could get interesting if they start competing with the Navy to be another taxi service for the Marines though.

I'm willing to bet that the Navy will take over the task of commanding spaceships when we start with the space imperialism

At the very least, all their best officers will get transferred to space force. There isn't really any direct earthly parellel to space warfare and logistics, but naval warfare and logistics is as close as it gets

Submarines in particular: sealed system that moves in three dimensions.

Yeah but Space Marines though.

Yes please.

"Fuck off, boot, the moon isn't even a real deployment!"

That’s a cool logo. I wonder who designs them

It was a missed opportunity to use a Terminator on the patch.

Ya, instead we got Skeletor. Who would have thought?

I really hope they don't act out on blowing up satellites. Kessler Syndrome will ruin any hopes of future space habitation and exploration for generations to come.

Could burn out their sensors, brick the hardware or otherwise make them useless without creating a new debris cloud.

Possibly steal the satellites and deorbit them to avoid this.

All thing aside, the logo goes hard fr