• slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The part where they can put a a nuclear bomb on a satellite. Or that it would work even if they somehow pulled it off

    • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      We’re replying to a comment that states the US pulled it off 60 years ago

      • slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        No read that again buddy. We blew up a nuke in space. We didn’t send it on a rocket attached to a satellite

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          6 months ago

          Do you know of some special secret law of thermodynamics that prevents us from putting a nuclear bomb in orbit?

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      6 months ago

      During the Cold War, Russia launched quite a few nuclear powered satellites, and I mean real fission reactors, not just RTGs. Apparently they’re still up there and possibly still generating power. So it’s pretty much a proven fact.