Low Cost Effective Midcourse Interception Satellite.

For the cost of one F-22 you can double the amount of ICBM intercepters. You have 44 between Alaska and Vandenberg. The average ground based interceptor is $75-100 million. It's $80k for a guided anti-tank Javelin and $2 million per tomahawk, the interceptors onboard would be between the two. It doesn't have to be more complicated than a Javelin. 48 per satellite. 4 compartments of 12 missiles each. A good defense contractor could do it for half a million per. It's not much more complicated. Targets in space is like tanks on a battlefield. Imagine an astronaut shooting a Javelin at a passing missile.

Powerful vacuum engine to race to the action. Large fuel tank. Front multi spectrum telescope. A radar from latest fighter jet. Rear radar like any Russian jet has. Electric power from a Tesla battery or two. An RTG if we're lucky. Plutonium isn't that big a deal. We're not ramming the satellite into things. Solar panels for extra power. Once in orbit these could persist for decades. Reloadable, refuelable.

2A attitude isn't to let the other guy kill you if they decide to. Stop them. Who cares about retaliation if your dead. How many years they got for your murder. You're dead it doesn't matter.

Many arguments get made but you really are bitch if you can't challenge nuclear nations.

Hegseth is the next DOD head. My qualifications thinking about him are good. All I do in my free time is read. I'm a generalist.

Make a dozen of these satellites, put them in orbit. Combine it with ground based cluster smart bullet interceptors. 100 plus per shot from reusable rockets. Data from the satellites can help determine what's decoy for the ground team. You can get the majority of Russias missiles. Wouldn't take much to really mess up the MAD calculus.