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How Space Can Save Ukraine
By Howard Bloom
According to a leading figure in the defense community, a retired general who prefers to remain anonymous, space can save us from the next Ukraine.
Here’s how.
Says the general, “Imagine this. At 7:00 AM, Russia moves troops across the border into Ukraine. Fifteen minutes later a pre-loaded SpaceX starship lifts off with a payload of 3,000 drones. Within 30 minutes of launch. the drones swarm the Russian troops. The drones paralyze the Russian operation by disabling any piece of equipment that uses an electron.
“The drones,” the general continues, “also stop soldiers whose rifles do not have electrons by tracking the men, and applying force through directed energy and kinetic means to paralyze all movement. Drones out of energy can recover back to friendly territory for recharge and reuse. And another Starship can be launched as needed for seamless operations.”
“Simultaneously,” explains the general, “a constellation of satellites called brilliant pebbles is watching every point on the planet and can see any launch of a nuclear missile. That same constellation has the ability to apply directed energy or kinetic…