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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.

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[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] someguy@lemmyland.com 21 points 2 years ago

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

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ope I see we have different tastes lmao

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 14 points 2 years ago

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

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Pips@lemmy.film 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but Space Marines though.

Yes please.

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

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Possibly steal the satellites and deorbit them to avoid this.

[–] kquote03@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All thing aside, the logo goes hard fr

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Honestly thought it was clickhole content

[–] UnaSolaEstrellaLibre@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Will they take out their own satellites too? Since they spy on their own citizens...

[–] Chaser@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

Satellites aren't the spying medium I'm worried about

[–] Sygheil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

CoD: Infinite Warfare

Taking out satellites can lead to a chain reaction destroying even more satellites...