alt Hacker NewsDefense systems in space need to be... in space.
I don't think people are looking at this the right way. They need to be inaccessible to terrestrial and air weapons, have lower latency, not be dependent on power plants, etc.
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iso1631 • today at 8:40 AM
Far easier for someone like Iran or China or the US to take out an LEO satellite than an underground data centre, or even a surface on in the case of DCs in US or China.
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That's true, but they're also very vulnerable to ground based LASERs.