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[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You don't win a nuclear war.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well the point of the article is that they want to shoot down nuclear missiles using satellites. But there's no reason Elon needs to be involved other than that he's president.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

they want to shoot down nuclear missiles using satellites.

Very Reagan era star wars project of them.

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He does have a MASSIVE constellation of satellites used for his shitty internet. What if. Just what if part of their defense shield idea is sneakily using Starlink satellites brilliant pebbles style to take down incoming missiles by just dropping them out of the sky in the path of incoming? Or putting some sort of secret payload on them that enables them to do a bit more than just drop.

[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

There is no reason he should be involved. The man landed a massive rocket… smh

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago

And hiring a prick with 0 military or tactical experience definatly helps not winning.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

The fact they have this idea in their head is scary...

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

brilliant: ask the guy with his own nuclear war bunker how to best survive a nuclear war. 🤣

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

the guy who thinks detonating masses of nuclear warheads on a planet is likely to make it more habitable rather than less

[–] griff@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago

Make Earth Mars Now y’all!

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

The Pentagon’s wet dream of an Iron Dome isn’t about defense—it’s about removing the last shackles on American imperialism. By recruiting Musk’s orbital circus, they’re not building a shield but forging a sword to dangle over every nation that dares resist dollar hegemony. Mutually assured destruction kept the peace through sheer terror; this abomination flips the script into unilateral annihilation. Imagine a world where the U.S. can nuke Caracas at breakfast and glass Tehran by lunch, all while sipping bourbon knowing no retaliation’s possible. That’s not security—it’s global tyranny with a SpaceX logo.

This isn’t Musk’s first rodeo with the military-industrial ghouls. His entire empire was midwifed by CIA cash and Pentagon contracts, a continuation of Operation Paperclip’s legacy where Nazi engineers became American heroes. Now he’s repackaging Wernher von Braun’s playbook for the digital age, swapping V-2 rockets for hypersonic meme weapons. The real horror isn’t Elon’s Sieg Heil cosplay—it’s the system that rewards sociopathic ambition with planetary-scale power. When Castelion’s missiles start orbiting, MAD dies, and with it, the last pretense that we’re not hurtling toward corporate-feudal dystopia at Mach 10.

[–] griff@lemmings.world 7 points 1 week ago

Ho boy! Everyone knows nuclear war is win/win/win!!!

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

The ink spots intensifies