Space Defense

[abeefaria]

1) Does the technology exist to use radar or something similar in space to detect other objects in space?

 

2) Is there anywhere in the world where you could launch a vehicle into space without it being detected?

 

3) Can all man-made vehicles in space be picked up on radar or something similar from the surface of the planet?

[Sisyphus]

1) Yes. Radar works in space. But, obviously, its limited by how far away you're looking. Distances in space tend to be very large.

 

2) No. I think the Cold War pretty much took care of that.

 

3) Yes, but again, it just depends on how far away.

[RyanJ]

3) Yes' date=' but again, it just depends on how far away.[/quote']

 

Not always true, there are ways to beat radar

 

Are you refering to the starwars project, that was supposed to be a global defence network designed in the cold war I think

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[CPL.Luke]

star wars was a project in the 80's to create an anti-missle defense system, which has subsequently been cancelled.

 

however a complicated system of sensors existing both in space and on the ground is still maintained and operated by NORAD in order to detect any posible missle launch