Planetary defense weapons systems book

Nikola schmidt born 1982 in prague, czech republic is currently a leader of planetary defense project with an objective to deliver a policy strategy on planetary defense and asteroid mining for the czech ministry of transport. Nasa edge and special guest geoff notkin speak with nasa scientists and experts around the world at the 20 planetary defense conference about near earth objects and their potential threat to earth. But regarding planetary defense, we already have all the weapons we would need to destroy them. Lieutenant colonel peter garretson asks whether the us air force will have a role in planetary defense and asteroid mining, in the marchapril 2014 issue of air and space power journal lieutenant colonel garretson and other air force strategists have repeatedly raised the topic of asteroid impacts over the years. The pds unit represents both antifleet and planetary invasion countermeasures missiles and enormous energy cannons as well as a planetary shield. Nasas planetary defense coordination office pdco is managed in the planetary science division of the science mission directorate at. Following the 1994 shoemakerlevy 9 comet impacts with jupiter, edward teller proposed, to a collective of u. Nasas planetary defense coordination office pdco is managed in the planetary science division of the science mission directorate at nasa headquarters in washington, d. After suffering massive losses against unexpectedly resolute planetary defense systems, the fleet doctrine of the ucf was changed and pasclass vessels were to be deployed in much smaller, highly mobile units for rapid troop insertion. In that case a planetary defense system has succeeded, since its purpose isnt necessarily to defeat or destroy the attackers, but to defend the world. Whatever your beliefs on the subject, the book serves as an important primer on the potential future of warfare on every level. Global collaboration for defending earth from asteroids and comets. This office was established at nasa headquarters to coordinate the players in planetary defense related activities across nasa, other us government agencies, and with international efforts and projects to detect any asteroid impact hazard and plan the appropriate response. For additional detailed information, see the nss planetary defense library the b612 foundation sentinel mission is the first privately funded interplanetary mission an infrared space telescope to be placed in orbit around the sun to discover, map, and track asteroids whose orbits approach earth and threaten humanity.

A weapons system serves as a delivery mechanism for a weapon, especially a munition. There are thousands of nearearth objects in our solar system. The president of earthgov goes nuts and plans to point the planetary defense grid weapons down toward the earthand he intends to pull the trigger. A kinetic bombardment or a kinetic orbital strike is the hypothetical act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert projectile from orbit, where the destructive power comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high speeds. Pdf directed energy planetary defense researchgate. Planetary defense command march 4, 2019 there arent as many nominees this year as in the past couple of years, so if you havent voted before, this might be a good year to join in. Toutatis is a 5kilometer long nea that approached within 3 million kilometers of earth in 1992.

Below are a number of articles and opeds that give weight to a variety of viewpoints. Planetary defense systems vs orbital bombardment systems. Defense weapon system dws bae systems united states. That makes significant planetary bombardment a weapon of mass destruction. There is increasing international interest in the problem of asteroid impacts. Taylor has written more than 25 technical papers, 14 science fiction novels and two textbooks, and has appeared in multiple television documentaries, including ngcs when. The rape aggression defense system is a program of realistic selfdefense tactics and techniques for women. Destar or directed energy system for targeting of asteroids and exploration is a proposed system to deflect asteroids, comets, and other nearearth objects neo that pose a credible risk of impact. Used mainly in defense, they were also used by pirates on anarchic worlds such as lok. Planetary shield during the invasion combat step of the activation sequence, enemy dreadnoughts may not bombard a planet containing an enemy pds unit. Travis shane taylor born 24 july 1968 in decatur, alabama is an aerospace engineer, optical scientist, science fiction author, and star of national geographic channels rocket city rednecks. Congress asked nasa to develop plans for preventing an asteroidearth collision. The planetary society, focused on the scientific exploration of the cosmos, has no official stance on this issue.

We propose an orbital planetary defense system capable of heating the. Size will largely be dependent upon the resources available to a given world, combined with a worlds perceived need for a fleet for the purpose of either defense or prestige. What are neos and the technical means and constraints of solar system. A study of modern warfare applied to extraterrestrial invasion travis s. A look at earths planetary defense systems in preparation for doomsday. However, the fundamental problem remains one of finding neas in time for defensive measures to be taken. A recent real world example illustrates how this all works. Why the united states needs a space force oped, doug loverro, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Nasas planetary defense coordination office is responsible for detecting potentially hazardous asteroids and leading response to a potential impact threat.

Planetary navies range through a broad range of sizes, from small local defense squadrons all the way up to multiple flotillas rivaling the size of a proper battle fleet. In 2007, the space agency presented its ideas at the planetary defense conference in. Im sure many of you have heard of icbm silos in the states that have had ufos buzzing over them and the ufos have shutoff their computer networks thus rendering the nuclear missiles obselete, then turning them back oni assume this is a. Asteroid impact avoidance comprises a number of methods by which nearearth objects neo. This shift in tactics was successful in increasing the survivability of pas vessels drastically. The first line of defense would be launching weapons at them during their transit. Even energy weapons would through stuff in the air air that would cause catastrophic effects. This book discusses several models of planetary defense from nearearth objects. There are pdf forces that are superior to many imperial guard regiments but most black library books arent about them, they are about imperial guard and a good way to show their elite skills and hard training is for them to be hanging out with monkey soldiers in the pdf and outperform them at every endeavour. System is a comprehensive, womenonly course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of handson defense training. Nuclear security administration nnsa, and two energy department weapons labs. Ucf planetary assault ship rodger young type by martechi. Planetary defense project gutenberg selfpublishing.

Forums of the megaverse view topic planetary defense. This book offers a serious look at defending the planet in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion. A planetary ion cannon was a massive ion weapon that could be used to temporarily or permanently disable electrical systems and penetrate shields. The fundamental requirements of directed energy planetary defense systems are described here, along with the current state of technological readiness.

This book describes a serious look at defending the planet in the event of an. Also in 2018, physicist stephen hawking, in his final book brief answers to. Keeping in mind that perhaps not all potential attacks from space would be foreign. This series of images is a reconstruction its size and shape obtained from bouncing radar waves off the asteroid during its close flyby. Each day, technology is making it easier to detect asteroid impact threats in advance, but at present, there is still no easy way to design and implement any form of global defense. Planetary weapons can be bigger and more elaborate because they dont. Therefore, the usa should at least do its part whether the remainder of the countries of the globe participate or not. Planetary defense, with bill nye startalk allstars. Orbital defense platforms have wider arcs of fire and are more mobile allowing fewer systems to cover the same area. Planetary weapons and military weather modification.

He is the coauthor of the book future cities published by the intelligent communities forum and is currently working on a book called safe cities that examines how broadband communications systems can make cities safer and more responsive to the needs of citizens. The crater is the result of an impact of a 40 to 50meter ironnickel asteroid roughly 50,000 years ago. So a nuclear bomb would be essentially useless at disintegrating an asteroid several miles wide, but scientists at nasa think that a nuclear weapon could be used in a different way to defend the planet in 2005, u. In 2018, stephen hawking released his final book to the world, titled brief. Diverged from the other thread about planetaryemplaced weaponry. A study of modern warfare applied to extraterrestrial invasion is a lovely, very detailed, and somewhat scary, book on a serious look at how we could defend the planet against an alien invasion. I know of no book examples of planet based weapons to defend against bombardment. In this episode we look at ways to defend earth against. In 20 a meteor exploded over chelyabinsk, russia with the force of 20 nuclear bombs. Click to learn more about nnsas defense programs missions.

The project consists of astronomers, space engineers, international lawyers. You mention guerrilla tactics, those could be used against us. The objects that cross earths orbit, even relatively small ones, can still have a devastating effect. If they have been here before, they have a foothold. I could see planetary defense shields to protect from orbital bombardment. Nasas lindley johnson is head of the space agencys new planetary defense coordination office. Travis taylor, et al, have written the definitive book on the defense of earth against a potential alien incursion. The main goal when the sploogy attack a world is capturing slaves.

The book explores four main types of mitigation including civil defense, slow push or pull methods, kinetic impactors and nuclear explosions. According to the united states department of defense, a weapon system means. Marine corps version of bae systems remote guardian system rgs. This topic can so easily branch out to cover many aspects of planetary defence that its not funny. An introduction to planetary defense 15 discuss in the various sections of this book, cooperative preparation may not be very easy to achieve. The united nations has formed two technical committees on planetary defense, recognizing that the entire planet is at risk from asteroid impacts. The planetary security forces psfs, also called defense forces, were the loosely affiliated military and security forces of the various planetary and sector governments of the galaxy the planetary security forces association began around 15,000 bby and during most of the galactic republics years, the psfs served as little more than an auxiliary to the republic navy. Planetary defense from nearearth objects such as asteroids is a far more nuanced and challenging topic than it might seem. Mass behavior control via electromagnetic manipulation of the ionosphere. Directed energy has evolved dramatically recently and is on an extremely rapid ascent. This paper primarily focuses on a design for a standon directed energy planetary defense system called destarlite.

There is also the threat from comets entering the inner solar system. Planetary defense, with bill nye aerial view of meteor crater near winslow, arizona. An asteroid on a trajectory to impact earth could not be shot down in the last few minutes or even hours before impact. The chapter envisions four planetary weapons which macdonald predicted would be fully developed by the 21st century, based on the thencurrent state of research. He is currently designing controls for demilitarization of binary chemical weapons and. Their best bet would be to bring a load of earthbian bacteria and viruses and hope to start a pandemic.

How nasas planetary defense officer will protect earth. Since 2008, dws has provided the marines with maximum protection from threats near the landing zone, giving the v. Handbook of cosmic hazards and planetary defense joseph. Planetary defense global collaboration for defending earth from.