I read your comment and the pdf and I guess my question is answered. “No, we did not consider asymmetric and possibly massively impactful scenarios like control of low earth orbit munitions deployed on a massive scale.”
I interpreted your question as asking if the US could use SpaceX's rocket manufacturing capacity to produce ICBMs that could be used to hit Chinese ships.
Now that I see that this was not what you're suggesting I don't think that two years is a sufficient time frame to build, test, and deploy the kinds of weapons that you're suggesting.
It seems like America is sleep walking into a horrible conflict with China and this combined with all of the soft power that America is losing in the past few months doesn't bode well for the outcome of this conflict.
It’s not particularly asymmetric. China has ICBMS and is upwind from the US. It’s hard to imagine non-civilization-ending conflicts where dropping space rocks on China comes into play.
It's mostly just "Golden Dome," Trump's plan to give Musk a global constellation of (potentially nuclear-armed) "anti-ballistic missile" weaponized satellites. I'm sure there's other facets of orbital warfare fantasies involved (X-37B's capabilities for instance) but Golden Dome is Musk's attempt to "disrupt" global defense by implementing the SDI plans of the 80s and 90s (aka SpaceX).
Admittedly, it's a dangerous plan for all of humanity. I've considered it Musk's win-condition for this whole insane, destructive wager he's made with his reputation, businesses, and wealth on the table.
I think it's why the neonazi regime aren't afraid of plunging the world into economic catastrophe and setting the conditions for WW3. They believe their plan can't fail. Regrettably, it seems like we'll get to find out.
There's almost no chance that this gets built, tested, and deployed in the time frame required to avert the deaths of tens of thousands of people in the US military.
Not at all. I believe the US government has already studied this, published the outcome, and probably knows anything I or most teams of experts could. I think it’s in a drawer somewhere labeled, “For use in case of war with China under US dictator” but if we need to pretend it’s new information I’m offering my services.
Now that I see that this was not what you're suggesting I don't think that two years is a sufficient time frame to build, test, and deploy the kinds of weapons that you're suggesting.
It seems like America is sleep walking into a horrible conflict with China and this combined with all of the soft power that America is losing in the past few months doesn't bode well for the outcome of this conflict.