From: skelton.peter@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 06:29:41 UTC-5, Leper wrote:   
   > On 2/13/2023 5:22 PM, Peter Jason wrote:   
   > > On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:18:14 +1100, "Rod Speed"   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:59:52 +1100, Peter Jason  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:18:36 -0000 (UTC), J D Young   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would accelerate plans to   
   > >>>> buy advanced sea mines to protect its maritime routes and ports from   
   > >>>> "potential aggressors" amid China's plans to increase its influence in   
   > >>>> the   
   > >>>> Pacific region.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Laudable. But will they also be placed along the length of submarine   
   > >>> cables which could be cut by some enemy, in many locations, so   
   > >>> isolating Oz from the rest of the world?   
   > >>   
   > >> Even if all the submarine cables were all cut in multiple places,   
   > >> we would not be isolated from the rest of the world due to satellites.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > That is true. But the cost and queuing would slow things down to a   
   > > crawl. Presumably use would be rationed to the benefit of we posters   
   > > in aus.politics.   
   > But in times of a real war, would those Satellites survive the first few   
   > hours? Possibly be the very first causalities. To prevent return   
   > missile targeting.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >>>> China has plans to step up its presence in the Pacific and entered a   
   > >>>> security pact with Solomon Islands last year, raising concerns in the   
   > >>>> United States and Australia, who for decades have seen the region as   
   > >>>> their   
   > >>>> sphere of influence.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Australia has been looking to boost its defence spending over the past   
   > >>>> few   
   > >>>> years, including entering into a deal in 2021 to buy nuclear submarines   
   > >>>> from the United States and Britain.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> ($1 = 1.4323 Australian dollars)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> (Reporting by Renju Jose. Editing by Gerry Doyle)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> https://news.yahoo.com/australia-speed-purchase-sea-mines-034254381.html   
      
   There are a lot of satellites. Sorting, targeting and shooting would be   
   non-trivial.   
      
   2022 data from geospatialworld: https://www.geospatialworld.net/   
   rime/business-and-industry-trends/how-many-satellites-orbiting-earth/   
      
   Number of satellites	Purpose   
   3135	Communications   
   1030	Earth Observation   
   385	Technology development/demonstration   
   154	Navigation/positioning   
   22	Earth science   
   18	Other purposes   
      
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