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2005-06-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia will take 'adequate measures' if space militarized: Ivanov

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-03 06:56|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Almaz an early USSR space militarization project

DeepCold has some good stuff. Zvezda would have been powered while in orbit by 2 plutonium radioisotope generators and had a rapid-fire gun for defense against killer-satellites. A advanced design called for a forward docking apparatus to allow docking with Almaz

Mikoyan MiG 105 Spiral & 50-50

random points from elsewhere..
The Terra-3 laser complex at Sary Shagan reported as having in fact illuminated Challenger, 10 Oct 1983, at minimum power. Followup program on Il-76MD, 60-tonne laser apparatus, which replaced the usual weather radar bulge. Optical elements retracted into fuselage on top, between wings and tail. Analogous modifications made to an A-50 and Tu-142 (antisubmarine version of Tu-95 Bear), otherwise still secret. The Il-76MD (or A-60) was itself retired in 1990.

The USSR maintained an active antimissile program in 1970s including energy weapons, EM launchers. Most builders closed it off after it appeared unpromising; could not even on paper meet the goal of annihilating the US nuclear capability within the requisite 20-25 minutes.

this history figures in too.

There is a lot more history in the USSRs space weapon program including a huge weapons platform that (denied) crashed into the sea near Hawaii.

Its the pot calling the kettle black!

Posted by 3dc 2005-06-03 09:53|| 2005-06-03 09:53|| Front Page Top

#2 IOW, the Russkis, PC formerly known as the Soviets, started the militarization of space race FIRST, but their programs didn't work, and now are angry because America's does. America's not only works but America also has working/
operational space weapons and recce platforms IN PLACE. US GMD = NO MORE NUKE BULLY STICK = COMMIES ARE BACK TO BEING THE WEAK, GLORIFIED THIRD-WORLD OR LESS MINOR NATIONS THEY ALWAYS WERE, AND HAVE REMAINED = WAIT FOR INEVITABLE IMPLOSION OR ELSE MAKE FINAL, BE-ALL, END-ALL MAD WAR AGS AMERICA AND THE WORLD, i.e iff Communism and Socialism can't rule the world, no one will; aka iff Communism and Socialism dies, the World will die with it unless anti-Communists/anti-Socialists make unilateral and unconditional concessions, etc.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-06-03 22:33|| 2005-06-03 22:33|| Front Page Top

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