Space Force returns after secret mission… Hmmm what were they up to I wonder
(www.floridatoday.com)
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They have actually managed to keep the mission of this thing secret. No one knows exactly what the hell it’s doing up there for such extended periods.
Most obvious guess would be satellite hunter, second guess would be that it holds nuclear warheads and can be put in geosynchronous orbit over our enemies. No missile launch, no warning, the ability to just drop a warhead at any time with extremely short time to arrival.
Basically if this was to hold nukes, it would provide another level of redundancy in the mutual assured destruction paradigm. Even if you get the land based missiles, the plane dropped bombs, and the SSBN network, this guy would still be out there as a threat.
It’s gotta be one of those two things. Hunt and kill enemy satellites, or nuclear weapon delivery.
My first guess was sat hunting too.
"Corona offline" etc
...or a transfer of technology where no one can observe it
DEWs, Rods from God?
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Maybe to capture the Black Knight?
Isn't that too big to capture with a "regular" spaceship?
I don't know how big it is.
There's probably a lot of complicated math to figure out the size.