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2021-12-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian 'star wars' missile designed to shoot down satellites, nukes and orbital hypersonic weapons enters service amid tensions with the West

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-29 10:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Till Congress stopped it, there was a program with F-15s delivering anti-satellite capability. Wonder if they kept the records?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-29 15:28|| 2021-12-29 15:28|| Front Page Top

#2 In Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising, one of those F-15 borne ASAT missiles was dusted off and used. They actually got a petite female pilot to fly the mission to get the last bit of altitude before launch.

Today they'd figure out how to launch an SM-6 from some sort of high-altitude / high-performance platform.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-29 15:38|| 2021-12-29 15:38|| Front Page Top

#3 There's a project for Musk: Put a quad of VLS cells on top of a Falcon Super-Heavy. Then you can dispense several kinds of bad news.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-29 15:41|| 2021-12-29 15:41|| Front Page Top

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