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   eripe to Mr Anderson   
   Re: Interstellar Mutual Assured Destruct   
   07 May 17 18:49:33   
   
   From: eripe.dk@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 6:38:20 AM UTC+7, Mr Anderson wrote:   
   > Ok, so I had a brake from science fiction related topics, but today a   
   thouhgt came to me: If we have a two planets, in two solar systems, a few   
   lightyears apart from each other, and they have specialized relativistic speed   
   spacecrafts serving as    
   interstellar RKVs, and they are precise enough to hit the enemy planet in   
   enemy's system, could this mean a MAD but on truly space scale?   
   > Also, what could be a countermeasure to dense objects travelling at 0.95 c?   
   Because if there is such thing, it's not MAD anymore. An, at last, how could   
   the attacked system detect incoming missiles, when there are many possible   
   angles of attack? Could    
   there be a plausible justification for spies that observe the situation and   
   send signal to mothersystem if they see launch, so they can launch their   
   missiles?   
      
   Charles Stross had this scenario in either Singularity Sky or  Iron Sunrise.   
   A world would keep weapons like this as a deterrent, hidden in the kupier belt.   
      
   Also need to mention the old prisoners dilemma.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma   
      
   And you *must* read "Remembrance of Earth's Past" triology   
   Start with "The three body problem"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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