French have plans for miniature sats armed with lasers...the space warfare is becoming an OPEN reality...

The French have plans for a constellation of laser-armed miniature satellites:https://t.co/oGiXNnjfc3

— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) July 26, 2019

We've heard stories since the Cold War of sats being weaponized by the US and Soviet Union.

We've heard that China has also deployed some types of orbital weapons.

Now?

Now the French are openly talking about following suit.  Space Warfare is coming out of the shadows and becoming an OPEN reality.

What are the ramifications?

Militarily I have no idea.  I do know that millions of individuals around the world could be adversely affected by even a minor skirmish in space.

Bear in mind that I'm talking about rumors and open source info.  What's being done in the black budget is beyond my imagination but I can bet that everyone is working overtime on defense and offense against what the certain nation state considers a threat capability.

We are entering a brave new age and I don't think we'll be able to avoid going...Rods From God, to nukes and back to the stone age even if we see an accidental encounter...how do you keep from escalating if a city is damn near vaporized because a malfunctioning sat sent telephone pole sized titanium rods at 10 times the speed of sound into a major city?