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Pursue as a technology demonstrator (single micro-satellite, 50 kg rods) to study hypervelocity terminal ballistics, but avoid deployment until a new space arms control framework exists. For near-term needs, hypersonic glide vehicles (e.g., China’s DF-ZF) offer similar speed without permanent orbital basing.

For such a concept to move from fiction to reality, several massive engineering challenges would need to be addressed: orbital daggers