The spaceborne missile defense platforms can be a reality sooner than we thought.

The golden dome chief said that spaceborne anti-missile systems are possible today. The Reagan era’s strategic defense initiative,(SDI), was too futuristic. The reason for that was the primitive laser and data processing technology. But today, systems like laser weapons and independently operating space missile platforms are possible. The image-recognition systems make it possible to select the right targets from the suspected incoming missiles, and those systems can also destroy enemy satellites. The idea of those systems is that high-orbiting satellites see missile launches. 

And then they can try to destroy those missiles using rockets or some directed energy weapons like railguns, lasers, plasma, or microwaves. The reason why those platforms are in high orbit is that they should have the ability to avoid ground- or atmospheric-based anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. The problem with those anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems is that. If the enemy knows their trajectories, it can send things like a metal ball-swarm to orbit in the opposite way to those weapons. The missile can be shot from the other side of Earth, and it must raise those metal profiles to the same trajectory as the ABM weapon. 

The idea of the ABM systems is not new. The Patriot and other kinds of anti-aircraft missiles can shoot enemy ballistic missiles down. But the problem with those kinds of systems is that they are created to shoot down tactical, conventional missiles. The problem with strategic missiles is that if nuclear missiles are destroyed over some territory, that spreads plutonium all around the area. A counter system like Soviet/Russian ABM-1 “Galosh” and the U.S. Nike Zeus that shoots enemy missiles down by using thermonuclear warheads. The radioactive debris and high-energy ions will make that trajectory useless. 

Soviet Energia rocket with Polyus spacecraft. 

"A notional rendering of China's reusable Shenlong space plane. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen/Getty Images),  (Space.com, China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit)

The nuclear warhead can send high-energy radiation across the Earth, destroying lots of its own and enemy satellites. If that detonation happens over its own territory, the EMP pulse destroys electronics below it. In the 1960s, the U.S. and the Soviets tested or researched systems that were modified fractional orbital bombardment systems. One of those systems was the Soviet "Polyus". Spacecraft that could carry a laser weapon and space mines. That system flew once in 1984, and the rocket's failure caused the Soviets to stop that program. 

Those systems were nuclear bombs that were positioned in an orbital trajectory. Those nuclear weapons could attack cities. Or they can detonate at an orbiter. That makes them space mines that can have ABM and ASAT roles. There is a possibility that in 2023, the Chinese shuttle that deployed six mysterious “wingmen” tested the ability to release and collect space mines from the orbiter. 

The other problem is the changed missile tactics. When those counter ballistic missiles were created, they developed against the missile mass-raid. The fireball of the warhead that detonated in the middle or a little forward of the incoming missiles will destroy those warheads with radiation and an EMP pulse. But the problem is that the missile tactics have changed. The nuclear strike can be made using multiple waves. That can cause a situation where the defender must shoot more than enough nuclear warheads into space. And that destroys lots of satellites. 

This is the reason why the small-sized shuttles that can use stealth technology are suitable for ASAT and ABM operations. Those systems can check the orbital defense platforms' conditions. And they can deliver and collect sub weapons. 

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/guetlein-first-priority-golden-dome-c2/

https://www.space.com/china-space-plane-depoyed-mystery-objects

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chinese_spacecraft_launched_mystery_object_into_space_before_returning_to_Earth_999.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABM-1_Galosh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Zeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

The user determines the purpose of lasers and rockets.

"Illustration of China's groundbreaking portable laser weapon operating in extreme temperatures. Image generated by AI." (Sustainability Times, “China Stuns the World Again”: New 2.47kW Portable Laser Works in Arctic Cold and Blistering Saharan Heat)

New Chinese laser weapons can operate from arctic cold to Sahara heat. The portable 2,47 kW laser system can be used against vehicles, robots, and other military personnel. The same system can also be used to cut electric wires and cut steelworks. And that is the true advance in laser weapon development. The laser weapon can use electric systems to create light. But it is also possible to use things like acetylene lamps for that purpose. The laser weapon can also use the laser-LEDs. That pumps energy to laser rays that travel between them. 

That kind of system allows developers to make new types of weapons. Or weaponized applications. The laser weapon can operate also at orbital, where even small laser weapons can cause damage to satellites and space suits. 

Illustration of the HQ-29 missile defense system in action. Image generated by AI. (Sustainability Times, “China Prepares for War in Space”: HQ-29 Missile System Can Destroy Satellites and Ballistic Threats Mid-Air)

Another interesting thing is that the Chinese created a new HQ-29 missile system that can be used in anti-ballistic missile, ABM, and anti-satellite, ASAT roles. Those missiles tell that China is prepared for space warfare. But the fact is that all rockets that can carry satellites or any payload to orbiter can operate as space weapons. The critical thing is the miniature satellites that can shoot even hundreds in one launch.

Heavy booster rockets can transport those miniature satellites to orbit. And when command centers give orders, those satellites will impact other satellites. Miniature satellites that use advanced AI can also dive against incoming ASAT weapons. Those satellites can operate in other missions, and when time is up they can begin their attack procedures. 

"Illustration of a solar-powered drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 designed for month-long flights. Image generated by AI." (Sustainability Times, “We Built This to Fly Forever”: Engineers Unveil Solar Drone With 224-Foot Wingspan Capable of Month-Long Flights)

The miniature satellite can recognize the target using similar technology that Javelin missiles use. The satellite recognizes its target by using the image. And if those systems are shot to high-orbiter using the heavy booster, they can attack against their targets from the higher altitudes. There is an attack variant where the small satellite pulls the large-size trawl that it uses to put satellites following it. And then that satellite just dives into the atmosphere, pulling the target satellite behind it. 

Things like solar-powered aircraft that can rise about 30 km high can transport small airborne launching vehicles to the edge of space. Then those small satellite carriers like Pegasus can transport satellites to the low earth orbiter. The Pegasus-type launching vehicles can also transport ASAT and ABM weapons. After launch the unmanned launching aircraft can return home. The new solar-powered aircraft whose wingspan is the same as Helios can make this thing. The problem with Helios was that its wings were not stiff enough. So that caused a crash. The wingspan of that new system is the same as the C-5 Galaxy. And it should rise at least 29 km altitude. 

https://www.sustainability-times.com/impact/china-prepares-for-war-in-space-hq-29-missile-system-can-destroy-satellites-and-ballistic-threats-mid-air/

https://www.sustainability-times.com/impact/china-stuns-the-world-again-new-2-47kw-portable-laser-works-in-arctic-cold-and-blistering-saharan-heat/

https://www.sustainability-times.com/energy/we-built-this-to-fly-forever-engineers-unveil-solar-drone-with-224-foot-wingspan-capable-of-month-long-flights/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Helios_Prototype

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Pegasus

Laser systems can (re)create cosmic shockwaves.

"Scientists have recreated space shockwaves in a lab and finally solved a cosmic mystery: how ions first gain speed in powerful particle accelerators across the universe. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, How Lasers Recreated a Cosmic Shockwave – And Solved a 40-Year Mystery of Particle Acceleration)

The simplest way to make the laser-explosives is the bottle of pressurized gas that the laser system explodes. There the laser system cuts the hole. The laser detonates the gas. 

That thing can make the gas bottle detonate precisely at a highly accurate point. 

Lasers are impressive tools. They can accelerate particles at a very high speed. In some weapon solutions, laser beams shoot bullets above the enemy positions. 

The laser system expands the object very fast. That causes an explosion and shockwave. So the laser weapon can blow objects over the target. The laser system can also make it possible to create high-power shockwaves if they are aimed into the air. That makes it possible to create high-power acoustic waves. 

Plasma-laser systems can also form ions and increase their speed. The plasma-lasers-ion accelerators are the ion accelerators or ion cannons where the lasers give extra energy to those particles. 

Laser systems can also use those shockwaves in the new engine technology. Researchers research the possibility of replacing the combustion in rocket and jet engines. Lasers can heat the propellant and then make shockwaves that push aircraft or rockets forward. In traditional ion engines, lasers can vaporize things like metals. The system drives that vapor in the magnetic accelerator. 

In new systems lasers or ion-laser hybrid systems shoot high-energy laser- or laser-particle beams into the propellant. That causes propellant expansion. 

When we think about things like plasma engines. The laser can ionize gas that the system can drive past the craft. That thing can drive plasma over the craft and it can make the ultimate stealth system. The plasma engine can also pull ionized gas over the wing. 

"Laser-driven magnetized collisionless shock experiments. Credit: Hui-bo Tang et al." (ScitechDaily, How Lasers Recreated a Cosmic Shockwave – And Solved a 40-Year Mystery of Particle Acceleration)

That can make the aircraft hover in the air. 

The system must only be careful. That there is low pressure above the wing. 

The Chinese claim to have developed the laser propulsion system for submarines.  Their laser can simply boil water in the rocket engine chamber. They plan to install that engine into the submarine. 

The system can also inject things like metal or carbon particles into the chamber and lasers will pump energy into them. That makes the system more effective when laser beams hit those particles and water which causes very fast expansion. That kind of system can push craft in water or air. Another thing that the laser system can make is the system that pushes air or water away from the craft's movement direction. 

If the laser system can create a low-pressure area in the aircraft's direction that low pressure will pull it forward. That thing makes it possible to create the systems that allow the ultimate high-speed flight in the atmosphere. Similar systems can make it possible to create submarines with ultimate speed. If a laser beam can push air away from the rocket's or a plane's route it can create a low-pressure channel that decreases friction. 

The cosmic void is one version of the WARP bubble. So if researchers can create a shockwave that pushes the quantum fields away from the craft's route that should act similar way as the laser beams act in the air. The energy that comes from the back of the object pushes the object forward. If that kind of effect is strong enough, that thing can make the space where the speed of light is higher than its environment. That system can create some kind of WARP bubbles at least in the miniature scale. 

https://scitechdaily.com/how-lasers-recreated-a-cosmic-shockwave-and-solved-a-40-year-mystery-of-particle-acceleration/

Quantum compass and next generation navigation

https://gamesandtehories.blogspot.com/

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The vulnerabilities of GPS systems have been noticed, and that system has many weaknesses. The use of satellites makes it vulnerable to ASAT (Anti Satellite)-missiles, and another kind of weapons. That's why the military forces of the world are looking for the replacement for GPS. Even if the new systems, what bases the jumping frequencies are more immune to jamming than old systems, the replacement, what does not need satellites are now under the development.

Quantum compass might replace the GPS because it's immune to jamming systems. The major weaknesses of the GPS are the system uses satellites for giving the position of the point. And this is why GPS is quite easy to jam, and the other weaknesses are that the system cannot be used in underground or EMP-protected places.

Also, northern lights are disturbing that device, because they form ion layer in the top of the atmosphere. This means that the operators, who use GPS must find another way to locate themselves. The answer in submarines has been to use the Inertial navigation system, what connects the information of the speed of the thing, what uses that system, and the gyroscope meters the direction of the ship or aircraft.  In modern gyroscopes, the layer would lay in the magnetic field, and it is rotating like in the electric motors. The lasers would observe the direction and positioning of that magnetic plate, what reacts extreme sharply in any changes in direction of the system.

By using this information can the computer map the position, if the beginning point of the journey is known in the vehicle. This navigation system can map the entire route of the navigated thing. But this system requires the begin location for mapping, or it is useless. This is the problem with this system. Also, the problem is to make it enough small that person can carry it in the pocket, and the need of speed information makes this thing hard to use in ground vehicles.  Setting the beginning point of navigation is also difficult if the person jumps by using a parachute, where the beginning point is hard to locate.

The answer for the problem could be the very sharp magnetic compass, what bases technology, where the layer is floating in the magnetic field, and the multiple lasers are observing the position of that thing. The new kind of systems might be the combination, where is magnetic and gyro compass working together. Those systems might be very small and that would make them very light and effective.

The magnetic version of this compass works with a similar principle with normal magnetic compass, and the system calculates the place of the system by using the angle of the north pole for locating the system. The difference between the Inertial navigation system is that the plate must be in a stable position. There would be extremely thin magnet nail on it, and that makes possible to locate the magnetic north pole very sharply.

If those systems are based with nanotechnology, where the plates are extremely thin, and the width will be the only couple of micrometers and the size is smaller than coin or even the thumbtacks, the system would be extremely small. But of course, the operator needs more information and one is the knowledge about where the system is. So the operator must put the state or some coordinates, where he might be, that the computer can locate the person. This might be the next generation locating system.

Fictional travel to Alpha Centauri by using laser boosted solar sail

NASA's solar sail
(Picture I)

Kimmo Huosionmaa

In this text, I would think about fictional space trip to Alpha Centauri by using solar sails, what are boosted with laser or microwave beams. The use of lasers with solar sails would give very much improvements to that system. The problems with laser-systems are that the material of the targeted spacecraft would be heated in extreme temperature, but when we are thinking about the use of lasers as the improve the thrust of that very large sail, we must think this problem practically.


Big size of solar sails would allow that the heat of the laser rays would circulate in the larger area, and that would help to decrease the heat, what powerful lasers would send to the target.  Those lasers, what would be used in that kind of program, might be kilometers long, and they might be stationed near the Earth. Making those kilometers long free-electron lasers or powerful masers is a quite simple thing.


There must send many small satellites to space, and then those satellites must be connected together. In this case, those satellites would be equipped with the particle accelerator, what goes thru each satellite and then those satellites would be made very powerful ray, that can be targeted to the solar sail. In this case, the solar sail would be covered with ice, and that ice is no need to be made by water. Then the laser-ray would steam that ice, and that would improve the speed and thrust of the solar sail. This is the good thing to pump the energy for the spacecraft, that would send to Alpha Centauri in some day in future.  The use of lasers or masers would allow using the power source of the spacecraft with smaller power, and that would increase the system lifetime.


When we are thinking about the structure of that solar sail, we might think, that there would be very many small units in this probe, and it would look like some jewels are connected with the same spiders net and the miniaturization and multiplication of that system would improve the solar sails ability to survive that mission. And when this solar sai comes near Alpha Centauri, it would turn sideways to the star, and then increase the layer, what would face the solar wind of that star.  This would help it to transfer it to the orbital trajectory of that star.


And then it could send thousands of pea-sized miniature probes to the planets of that star. That would seem like science fiction, but using miniaturized probes that kind of mission would be done, and the destruction of one particle, would not destroy all probes, and this hypothetical mission would be accomplished surer than with one single probe.  There is only one problem with that system, those massive lasers can be mentioned as the military technology. And that would cause the resistance against this kind of projects.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHDCOYgYsk

https://www.space.com/10678-nasa-solar-sail-photo-contest.html

Picture I

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/475897main_080421-earthsail_3023x2006.jpg

travellingintimeandspace.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/fictional-travel-to-alpha-centauri-by-using-laser-boosted-solar-sail/

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Secret "antigravity" technology

Picture I

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The term "antigravity" means the actually silent way to raise the aircraft from the ground. In the real world, this term actually means that engineers try to repeal the magnetic field of the Earth, what would cause that the aircraft would rise above the Earth.  In some tests, there have been tested the magnets, what could push aircraft to airborne. They are actually one version of magnet catapults, but in this case, magnets would pull the aircraft straight to air, and in this system would be used the pulling effect between the same mark heads of the magnets.


And this kind of system is tested with levitating (Maglev) trains, where magnets push the train above the rail. Those magnetic rails would work the same way as gauss guns, where magnets will accelerate ammunition. Those magnets would be suitable to install in some warships or special runways, and they might help to send airplanes to air, with very heavy cargo. Also, pressurized air has been tested for giving airplanes capacity for lifting off with extra cargo, and in those systems, the pressurized air would blow under the body of aircraft by using compressors.

Sometimes there is mentioned the system called "Die Glocke" as one version of anti-gravity vehicle, and that is actually not true. This kind of systems are so-called "plasma-ion motors", and they are basically the same thing as ion motors. But they would use the greater density of ions. And those motors would work as the normal rocket or ion motors, but they are voiceless. Those motors would not use conventional combustion, and they can be used by giving electricity to that rocket with radio-masers. The same kind of systems are laser- and electric arc motors, what uses internal or external systems to make the warm air under the vehicle, and that heat would raise the aircraft to air.


Those internal lasers or radio systems could be targeted to carbon fiber stick, what would warm the air in the chamber under the craft. Or the electric arc can be made in the air, at the middle of the craft. In both versions, the problem of those systems is to create enough energy for raising that vehicle from the ground. The reason, why I took those laser and radio systems in this text at the same time,  is that both systems use electromagnetic radiation for making enough heat, that it can raise the craft in the air.


And sometimes there would be tested the airship, where the heat of the air can be made by using radio waves to make the warm air in this vehicles balloon.  So this kind of antigravity doesn't break laws of nature, and some of them are tested in public places, and below this text is one of those films, where the laser is used to give propulsion for small size test vehicle. And probably at someday, the full-scale system would fly across the earth.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdj6vpYppA&t=266s

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gauss+railgun

https://writing.wikinut.com/img/1ux2cl6m5knxtgyx/Man-made-UFO-s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev

Picture I

https://img.wikinut.com/img/1ux2cl6m5knxtgyx/jpeg/0/Man-made-UFO-s.jpeg

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