lilies
The Living Force
Russian Space Nukes
At 01:37 you discuss the latest US Senate hysteria about "Congress has been informed that the Russians my be developing a capability in outer space that would be able to knock out US military satellites."
Well the Russians already developed that technology. All or most USA Five Eyes Satellites are in low orbit and Russian S-550 can easily blast them out of the skies. And they are already developing S-600...
At 01:37 you discuss the latest US Senate hysteria about "Congress has been informed that the Russians my be developing a capability in outer space that would be able to knock out US military satellites."
Well the Russians already developed that technology. All or most USA Five Eyes Satellites are in low orbit and Russian S-550 can easily blast them out of the skies. And they are already developing S-600...
The US has a larger satellite constellation, Russia by now has much more advanced anti-satellite weapons. S-500 and S-550 are fully capable anti-sat systems at orbits up to 1,000 km where most important US ISR assets, especially low orbit Keyhole satellites, are. Plus, of course, there are inspector-satellites capable to change orbits and do their thingy, like they did with the latest Keyhole optronic satellite by circling it and photographing its optic zooms. That means that in case, God forbid, of war just spraying it with special paint would be enough to turn it inoperable. Of course, there is always an option of exploding near it, but why lose good inspector capable of doing the trick on a number of enemy sats. So, now this:
MOSCOW, December 29. / TASS /. The new S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) has successfully passed state tests and entered combat duty. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the defense ministry. According to the interlocutor of the agency, this is an absolutely new mobile strategic missile defense system, which has no analogues, it is capable of striking spacecraft, warheads of intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets at altitudes of several tens of thousands of kilometers."
OK, first things first--"several tens of thousands"? Typo, but even if typo and only several thousands kilometers into space it is mind-boggling still. Defies imagination, on the other hand with the range of 1000 kilometers against aerial targets and SU-57 (and S-70 Okhotnik) officially having the ability to guide air-defense missiles it has not just operational but strategic implications. The only question which comes next--is there S-600 (let's call it that) in works? Something tells me that it is. But having S-500 and S-550 in tandem together with other systems--this is groundbreaking. And Earth-shattering. This also explains why Russia is gladly selling S-400s, which is a stunner in its own right but pales compared to capabilities of S-550. Russia closes not just the airspace over her (and allies) but space too.
Last edited: