Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!ames!lll-tis!mordor!jtk From: jtk@mordor.s1.gov (Jordan Kare) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Denial of access to space Keywords: selfdefense Message-ID: <22648@mordor.s1.gov> Date: 27 Aug 88 04:07:41 GMT References: <65053@sun.uucp> Reply-To: jtk@mordor.UUCP (Jordan Kare) Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL Lines: 28 In article <65053@sun.uucp> kwatts%tahquitz@Sun.COM (Kevin L. Watts) writes: >! I know this isn't the place to discuss fiction but I was wondering >how you all feel about the FEASABILITY of this idea... > > Canada, fearing a war between USA and USSR, and the damage that could >befall when both sides shootdown the other sides missles over canada, built >giant canons, filled them with an enormous amount of debris, and shot it all ^^^^^^ >into orbit. The premise was there would be so much junk up there that any >missile would be destroyed if it passed through. At last! A canonical solution! Jordin (stick to your guns) Kare .