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A United States Space Command impression of a conceptual satellite-based directed-energy weapon used to precisely strike targets on Earth Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare . They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (for example, anti-satellite weapons ), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles ...
Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (i.e. anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space. In the course of the militarisation of space, such weapons were developed mainly by the contesting superpowers during the ...
Pages in category "Space weapons" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The US ambassador took particular issue with the resolution’s call for a binding mechanism to ban any space-based weapons, saying such a ban “cannot be verified” and that the resolution was ...
What is the space-based nuclear weapon that the United States has warned Congress and allies in Europe that Russia could use against the West's satellites? It is unclear why Russia would need to ...
In the context of space-based deployment, directed-energy weapons can be distinguished as either “high-powered” or “dazzler.” High-powered satellite-operated lasers are intended to deal irreversible damage to the sensitive parts, mainly optics, on satellites and have the advantage of being difficult to attribute to an actor.
Russia said on Friday that strategic security issues, including space-based weapons, were the main potential area for dialogue with the United States. The U.S. plans to put a resolution to the ...
Set in the Cold War, the story is based on the use of (relatively inexpensive) information-based "intelligent" systems to overcome an enemy's numerical advantage. The orbital kinetic bombardment system is used first to destroy the Soviet tank armies that have invaded Europe and then to take out Soviet ICBM silos prior to a nuclear strike.