re: #80 Obdicut

Thanks. I figured that it’d be easier, but wanted to check my assumptions. I think I understand what you mean about vulnerability; that they could fire while orbiting, allowing a shorter trajectory and not to have to escape atmosphere and re-enter, but only re-enter, is their same vulnerability— that something destroying them would only have to exit atmosphere, not re-enter.

Is there more vulnerability as well, aside from that?

Sorry if I’m bugging you with this.

You’re not bugging me at all. That’s about right for the vulnerability issue. A weapon launched from the ground against an orbiting nuke might reach it with very little warning, since orbital paths necessarily pass over many different areas of the world and the range could be very short. A satellite is a tough target in many respects but an easy one in others since it has very limited maneuverability and is highly visible to sensors once located.