Space is ours: How to shorten the long arms of the Pentagon
The effect of an exploding enema in the most sensitive place of the American space command was produced by the news that Russia on July 15 tested anti-satellite weapons in near-Earth space without destruction or other pyrotechnic effects.
The Pentagon agency responsible for Star Wars accused Russia of illegality in these tests. The American chattering was soon supplemented by the chattering in the Englishwoman. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace spoke with grave concern about the West's "deep vulnerability" to new Russian space weapons.
The cause of the upset among representatives of the Anglo-American military was a Russian satellite inspector who was conducting a remote check of a certain spacecraft in orbit.
The Russian military department explained that “during the testing of the latest models of space technology, a close-range examination of one of the domestic satellites was carried out using specialized equipment of a small spacecraft. As a result, the Russian Ministry of Defense received valuable information about the technical condition of the object being examined, which was transferred to ground control facilities.”
The inspection capabilities of the new satellite imply its increased maneuverability in space for approaching other space objects. It is no secret that the inspector satellite is a dual-use device. It is capable of conducting external inspection of objects, refueling and repairing satellites.
In cases of special need, the new space probe can be used for destructive or other effects on the spacecraft of a potential or actual enemy.
Space Command, a branch of the US Air Force, says it has evidence that Russia has "conducted non-destructive testing of space-based anti-satellite weapons." According to him, on July 15, a certain object separated from the Cosmos-2543 satellite, which in the documents is numbered 45915. The department does not specify what the tests consisted of, but according to the American military, Russian orbital maneuvers do not resemble testing of an inspector satellite.
The Americans and the British cannot cling to the very fact of the existence of a dual-use inspector satellite, since they themselves regularly test similar devices in orbit, including the mysterious Boeing X-37B drone, which recently returned to Earth after more than five hundred days in space.
According to experts, the mysterious American drone, designed and built for the US Air Force, also has a dual purpose - from inspecting and repairing satellites in orbit to destroying enemy spacecraft.
Therefore, an absurd reason was chosen for the attacks, as if Russian tests in space pose a potential threat to the peaceful use of outer space, and the debris of satellites destroyed by the “inspector” will litter the already impossibly cluttered near-Earth space.
The USA and Great Britain are calling on Russia to “take a responsible attitude towards testing new technology in orbit,” implying a refusal of such research or joint (read - under control) work with the UK and the USA in this direction.
The indignation of the luminous Jedi caused by the loss of the monopoly on maneuverable and robotic satellites is not surprising.
Just last June, the Pentagon adopted a new “Defensive Space Strategy” or, more simply, a program for building up US military space power. Actually, this is why the Space Forces were created by Trump’s special decree.
The document directly states that the greatest strategic threats to America come from Russia and China (one can recall the hysterical reaction of the White House and the “free press” in response to China’s destruction of its exhausted satellite), in connection with which its authors point to the development, production and deployment anti-satellite weapons by Moscow and Beijing, as well as their military doctrine on waging wars in space.
In order to fuel paranoia among legislators, the authors of the document cite examples of Russian operations in space. For example, an experiment in 2017, during which an automatic vehicle launched into orbit split into two parts, and one of the parts fired a high-speed projectile.
A major disappointment for the Hegemon was the pursuit by the Russian probes “Cosmos-2542” and “Cosmos-2543” of one of the American reconnaissance satellites of the KH-11 series (code name “Keyhole”), disguised as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Close-up view of American Keyhole spy satellites
KH-11 disguised as the Hubble Space Telescope
By the way, Soviet intelligence received technical documentation and samples of photographs of the earth's surface of the KH-11 electro-optical equipment twice from its agents among American military personnel.
Photo of the KH-11 Soviet aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Krechet type under construction
What alarmed the American generals most was that the Russian Cosmos had gotten within 11 miles of the KH-100, leading to mutterings from the Pentagon that “the behavior of Russian satellites does not correspond to their stated missions.”
April 15, 2020 came as a shock to the American establishment. On this day, Russia tested the new A-235 Nudol direct intercept anti-satellite missile, and now, as the US military notes, “Russia is developing in-orbit capabilities to exploit our dependence on space systems.”
Russian Cosmos escorting an American spy satellite
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) is so concerned about the new Russian space tests that it is pointlessly threatening to “deny the use of outer space” to anyone who restricts “US freedom of action” in it.
I would like to see how the Washington government will prohibit Russia or China from going into space.
Currently, the US orbital constellation is the largest in the world and reaches 1000 satellites for communications, meteorology, and espionage. Even Elon Musk’s much-touted Starlink “free Internet” network is being created by order of the Pentagon, and the billionaire technocrat negotiated about this with General Raymond, who is the most lamented about the behavior of Russian satellites.
Elon Musk's great friend, American General John Raymond
The American military, accustomed to the widespread use of satellites for espionage, surveillance, and guidance of guided ammunition, is very fond of fighting at long distances without coming into direct contact with the enemy.
Russia and China, by developing their own anti-satellite weapons, are shortening the Hegemon’s too long arms, greatly increasing its military risks, forcing the potential aggressor to think a hundred times and not fall into the temptation of military adventures, such as a preventive strike on a strategic enemy.
The United States is withdrawing from all treaties that kept the world from sliding into a new big war. In response, Russia takes control of near-Earth space to level out the military superiority fraudulently obtained by America. From now on, its satellites are threatened by effective non-nuclear influence.
For example, their communication channels can be intercepted or jammed by the electro-optical warfare means of our inspector satellites in case of urgent need.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the Pentagon’s accusatory reaction with the statement: “there is no threat to security, we have not violated international law, the United States is trying to present the situation in a distorted form.”
In general, if you were the first to get into this game, then learn to take retaliatory blows and save face. These tolerant aggressors have completely forgotten how to behave like men...
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