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submitted 11 months ago by geese_feces@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

Early last week, Israel’s Arrow 2 missile system successfully intercepted and destroyed a suborbital ballistic missile suspected of launching from Yemen.

the missile was intercepted and destroyed above the Kármán line, which at 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level is widely recognized as the boundary of space.

There have been many earlier instances of missile-on-missile interceptions above the Kármán. However, all previous cases involved interceptors targeting missiles launched by the same party for testing purposes, whereas this is the first occurrence of a missile successfully intercepting an incoming missile from an adversary in space

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[-] iByteABit@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago
[-] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

I hate our cyberpunk present

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Now with even less punk! debord-tired

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 11 months ago

Hooray, capitalist warmongering induced Kessler syndrome, just what we all needed.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

In fairness I'd not call the Houthis capitalist, and both missiles were suborbital, but give it time.

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

Correct, as both systems were suborbital all the space debris will re-enter the atmosphere within a very short window of time (minutes).

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Oh, that's what I meant too, this won't cause it, but once that genie is out of the bottle, we'll start seeing capitalists quickly militarising space and almost as quickly making it completely impassable.

[-] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

I am horrified by all the newest rounds of escalation the Zionist occupation is taking. We need peace and we've got Biden and Bibi! Fuck!

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Today in Things That Totally Happened.

[-] aaro@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago
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