And if it shoots down something, the debris will be called a Golden Shower
The defense system focuses heavily on the concept of space-based sensors and interceptors. The company that currently dominates the market for such equipment is the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, leading to concerns that this project is another way for Musk to make money from federal programs.
Okay, that’s really stupid. It’s almost impossible to defend a satellite, and any country that could pose a credible threat from missile attack could also knock out the satellites.
I’m fully convinced he’s just trying to do what Ronald Reagan did but worse, so I’m not surprised that the Star Wars project came up again
As in the amount of treasure it will cost
So, the Cold War era Star Wars idea was to protect us from Soviet ICBMs. Now that we’re on Russia’s side, who exactly are we protecting ourselves from?