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0 pointsampdepolymerase5y ago0 comments

Brush up on Factorio and arm the rockets. Our current spacecrafts are not designed to survive sustained damage (and unlike on earth, the attack vehicles have no easy way of refuel in space, so they are limited when it comes to evasive maneuvers). Attacking a planet is limited by the (current) laws of physics. Defenders are at a great advantage as long as they have a proper production line for orbital rockets.

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sudosysgen5y ago· 2 in thread

Not really. The attackers have nuclear weapons, the defenders don't. That's it. It's over.

myrandomcomment5y ago

I big rock tossed at earth could do way more damage than a bunch of nukes. Like I said, it's MAD in space.

sudosysgen5y ago

This is a game of energy. The energy necessary to deflect an asteroid from earth is undoubtedly lower than to put it on that course to begin with. It's really not MAD.

Also, sending a nuke could be done much faster than an asteroid intercept mission. It could get there in as little as a week.

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