Self-destruct in SZ-4?

[Major Variola (ret)]

At 09:09 AM 2/3/03 -0800, Tim May wrote:
>Second, I would do the self-destruct with accelerometers: if several
>accelerations are felt, detonate.

1. Modern munitions arm this way.  If you are an artillery shell
and you've been told to arm, and then felt 10s of Gs along
one axis and a lot of rotation around that axis, you've probably
been fired and can 'safely' explode when you hit something.

2. Why arm a satellite to do this is clear: During launch the rocket
could
screw up and dump your Top Sekrit satellite into the
drink where Mr. Not-so-Friendly Submarine picks it up.

It doesn't even violate a treaty if you can't use the satellite
offensively (no glide next to a target satellite and go boom).
And everyone puts a self-destruct charge in the launch
vehicle anyway.  Stressful jobs, RSO.