sub-orbital

https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-and-redwire-partner-on-suborbital-research-capabilities/

I was wondering about ground and air assault from an orbital position in interplanetary warfare. I'm not really interested in the if or why here and would like to focus on the how. We are seeing normal air assault being a lot harder in modern war, how could these be overcome in a sci-fi setting...

Found this on the buran.ru website: http://www.buran.ru/htm/bors.htm#bor-7 Please note that it explicitly says the image with the Su-27 on a rocket has no relation to the real appearance of the proposed interceptor. I would guess the actual design might resemble a Spiral / Bor-4 - or then not...