scaramanga, 1 month ago

#SouthKorea satellite said to have 30cm resolution.

Here is an article full of fanciful humblebrags which concludes by saying "if north korea detonates nukes in space it can create an EMF pulse that would disrupt communications for south korean satelites"

When does something become so ridiculous that it needs no comment? If at 12:00pm #NorthKorea did that, by 12:05pm it would cease to exist, as it has just expended it's only deterrent against total destruction.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/04/113_365116.html

scaramanga, 1 month ago

Only a couple of weeks ago, #SouthKorea launched it's 2nd military spy satellite (both have been done with SpaceX launches).

Their commercial nanosat was launched from new zealand. South Korea has King Sejong Station in antarctica which they can use to communicate with it.

#korea #dprk #arms #space

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/8/south-korea-puts-second-military-spy-satellite-successfully-into-orbit