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2007-09-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia promises retaliation if weapons deployed in space

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Posted by Delphi 2007-09-27 09:43|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 I we are going to weaponize space, we sure as hell are going to keep it black beyond black. We might even conceal a space weapon on a conventional satellite, or put it out at a Langrangian Point, so it is "off the radar" as far as the trackers are concerned.

When needed, it would first fly back towards Earth and set up an orbit.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-27 13:53|| 2007-09-27 13:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if the Russians will try to get NASA and the US Government to help fund their space weapons like they try to get them to fund pretty much everything else.

Deploying weapons in space is foolish anyway. Anything in orbit has a predicatable course that can be intercepted or blinded.

Far better to have a suborbital bomber that can get anywhere in the world in 90 minutes or less, drop the load, and be back in time for breakfast leaving people wondering if the load of anvils and rocks and whatnot that fell from the sky were meteors or Haliburton or what.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-09-27 14:49|| 2007-09-27 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 This is nothing less than an attempt to prevent the US from developing and deploying any kind of nuclear engine, especially an Orion or NEVA design, as well as any of several promising laser or energy beam type propulsion systems any of which could open the solar system to mankind.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-09-27 16:36|| 2007-09-27 16:36|| Front Page Top

#4 NERVA, not NEVA...

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-09-27 16:36|| 2007-09-27 16:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "A sizable war could break out... not permit any other country to do so" > it was the Russians themselves whom unilater had said that an anti-US war can occur circa 2018, whilst ditto for China agz USA as early as 2011-2014. "WAR NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT DESIRED" AGZ AMERICA. *Yesterday - RUSS OFFICIOS CLAIMED RUSS MAY RETALIATE SYMMETRICALLY OR ASYMMETRICALLY, to US GMD in Easter Euro [and by extens Space Weaponization]. IMO the Russ warning yesterday was inclusive of Russ resort to force of arms.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-27 19:30|| 2007-09-27 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 KOMMERSANT > RUSSIA RENEWS ITS "ORBITAL GROUP".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-27 20:44|| 2007-09-27 20:44|| Front Page Top

#7 some russian military spaceships

Posted by 3dc 2007-09-27 23:12|| 2007-09-27 23:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Skif-DM (Polus) 17F19DM

Plus more not talked about on these sites like space mines...

Posted by 3dc 2007-09-27 23:15|| 2007-09-27 23:15|| Front Page Top

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