Talk:Skynet (satellites)

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Contents 1 On-orbit spare 2 Terminator 3 Battle Honours 4 Moved from Skynet (fictional) 5 Um, trouble brewing? 6 Skynet 1

[edit] On-orbit spare

Is it known whether the on-orbit spare will be used to provide sellable spare capacity in the likely event that all three satellites end up working? It would make lots of sense from Paradigm's point of view ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fivemack (talk • contribs) 00:18, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terminator

Does anyone know if this influenced its fictional milatary namesake in the Terminator series of films?Schnizzle 13:23, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, the page says that it is merely "an unfortunate coincidence." I'll file that under "O" for "O RLY?"

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[edit] Battle Honours

The Skynet satellites are war machines. Should their battle honours be mentioned?

The Skynet 2 satellites provided voice communications between Britain and its armed forces in the Falklands_War in 1982.

Skynet 4 provided long range communications between Britain and its forces in the first Gulf_war in 1990/1. Tactical telephone, telex, telegraph and data communications were also provided between the main head quarters in Saudi Arabia and the British Army's front line officers. This force multiplier has provided similar services in several other fights including the Bosnian_War, Afghanistan, Sierra_Leone and the Second Gulf War.

Andrew Swallow 23:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Vehicles don't get battle honours, this is not the US.

There is probably scope for some discussion of operational use of the system as the space vehicles and ground terminals have advanced over time, but lets not over dramatise it.

ALR 07:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moved from Skynet (fictional)

The following text used to be in Skynet (fictional); it didn't belong there. Someone should try to integrate it into this article, if appropriate.

These Skynet relay satellites provide secure communication services for the British armed forces, with a current focus on increasing bandwidth to control modern technologies such as unmanned air vehicles.[1]

Its technologies have been designed to resist any attempts to disable or take control of the spacecraft.[2]

Skynet is funded through a private firm Paradigm Secure Communications, the Ministry of Defence does not own the hardware.[3]

149.8.226.148 18:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Um, trouble brewing?

Stop and back up. SKYNET has bad connotations. It's also a real-life military defense network that controls things that kill people. Did anyone think that through at the MOD?

Britain's SKYNET was in orbit well before James Cameron's SKYNET was conceived Fivemack 00:17, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

What is Skynet, not like The terrminator Movies i hope —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.209.72.215 (talk) 12:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Skynet 1

Where did the information on Skynet 1 originate from? I ask because my father designed it, and assured me that at least one of them didn't conk out after a year. He even went on Blue Peter to do a presentation of it! There was also a model of it on display in the Science Museum. Whether it is still there I don't know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puzbie (talk • contribs) 21:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)