Russia Tests It's Space Warfare Missile

[snoopdoggydog]

Washington Left in the Dust: Russia Flies Strategic Space Warfare Missile

Moscow carried out the first successful flight test of its new anti-satellite missile last month, becoming just the second nation to arm its military with space warfare weapons.

Russia's direct ascent anti-satellite missile, known as Nudol, was successfully tested on November 18, according to defense officials familiar with reports of the test. It was the first successful test in three attempts, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Russia now joins China as the only nations with strategic space warfare weapons. In October, China conducted a flight test of its anti-satellite missile, the Dong Neng-3 direct ascent missile.

Analysts say anti-satellite missiles could cripple US intelligence, navigation, and communications capabilities that are critical for both military operations and civilian infrastructure.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151202/1031144367/russia-anti-satellite-space-missile.html

 

[biometrics]

Is this as stupid as the nuclear arms race?

What happens when they bomb a few satellites? A chain reaction can't be far off surely? And that crap is going to end up down here.

 

[Jola]

Is this as stupid as the nuclear arms race?

Yes.

So now everybody will do it, and satellites will start carrying defensive weapons.

 

[cybershark]

Is this as stupid as the nuclear arms race?

What happens when they bomb a few satellites? A chain reaction can't be far off surely? And that crap is going to end up down here.

Agreed, China's test created a lot more debris. Not to mention Russia and China have many satellites too.

 

[grok]

Sputniknews? Seriously?

 

[Unhappy1]

Sputniknews? Seriously?

https://meduza.io/en/quiz/did-sputnik-really-tweet-that

 

[Grant]

Sputniknews? Seriously?

snoep is their local representative

 

[AntiGanda]

https://meduza.io/en/quiz/did-sputnik-really-tweet-that

... Wow a page full of bogus posts from Sputnik by an editor in Riga, Latvia having a pop at anything the Russian government does. You really do pick em!

 

[AntiGanda]

Agreed, China's test created a lot more debris. Not to mention Russia and China have many satellites too.

The US has many military ones the purpose of which is not that clear.

 

[Blu82]

Uhm the US had anti satellite systems in 1985 already and the current deployed missile is the RIM-161 Standard 3 missile

On 13 September 1985, Maj. Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, flying the "Celestial Eagle" F-15A 76-0084 launched an ASM-135 ASAT about 200 miles (322 km) west of Vandenberg Air Force Base and destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km). Prior to the launch the F-15 flying at Mach 1.22 executed a 3.8g zoom climb at an angle of 65 degrees. The ASM-135 ASAT was automatically launched at 38,100 ft while the F-15 was flying at Mach .934.[7] The 30 lb (13.6 kg) MHV collided with the 2,000 lb (907 kg) Solwind P78-1 satellite at closing velocity of 15,000 mph (24,140 km/h).[9]

On February 21, 2008, the U.S. Navy destroyed a malfunctioning U.S. spy satellite USA-193 using a ship-fired RIM-161 Standard Missile 3.

Source 1 and Source 2

 

[The_Assimilator]

Uhm the US had anti satellite systems in 1985 already and the current deployed missile is the RIM-161 Standard 3 missile

Source 1 and Source 2

Shhh, don't break up snoopy's and Ganda's w**kfest. It isn't true unless it's in Sputnik News after all - if Sputnik told them gravity was a Western plot, they'd be here making s**tposts about it the next day.

 

[Blu82]

We can also theorize what they can do with the X-37B with the right payload.

 

[garyc]

Yes.

So now everybody will do it, and satellites will start carrying defensive weapons.

The Salyut 3 space station was equipped with a Rikhter 23 mm aircraft gun to defend against missiles. Maybe things will go back to this.

 

[Jola]

Shhh, don't break up snoopy's and Ganda's w**kfest. It isn't true unless it's in Sputnik News after all - if Sputnik told them gravity was a Western plot, they'd be here making s**tposts about it the next day.

That ^

 

[Blu82]

The Salyut 3 space station was equipped with a Rikhter 23 mm aircraft gun to defend against missiles. Maybe things will go back to this.

I just read up on it here. I really liked the following part.

The gun was fixed to the station in such a way that the only way to aim would have been to change the orientation of the entire station.

 

[garyc]

I just read up on it here. I really liked the following part.

This might be the reason that the feature never found it's way onto the International Space Station.

 

[buka001]

Uhm the US had anti satellite systems in 1985 already and the current deployed missile is the RIM-161 Standard 3 missile






Source 1 and Source 2

Thanks, beat me to it.

Read that article and was thinking the whole time, but the USA had this capability back in 1985, how can this report assert that only China and Russia have this capability.

But then i saw it came from Sputnik news.

 

[Compton_effect]

US Military policy classifies a attack on any of its orbital assets as equivalent to a nuclear strike and will respond accordingly.

 

[Grant]

But then i saw it came from Sputnik news.

sputnik - 1990's technology now !!

 

[Seriously]

Thanks, beat me to it.

Read that article and was thinking the whole time, but the USA had this capability back in 1985, how can this report assert that only China and Russia have this capability.

But then i saw it came from Sputnik news.

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