Artist's conception of a Soviet space laser. (Image credit: U.S. National Archives)
Space.com: Satellites spot construction of Russian anti-satellite laser facility: report
Anti-satellite technologies are on the rise as space becomes an increasingly vital domain for military activities.
Recent Google Earth images reveal construction at what appears to be a sophisticated laser system at a Russian space facility designed to blind adversary satellites.
The construction is taking place at the Russian Ministry of Defense's Krona space facility near Zelenchukskaya in Russia's far southwest, home of the massive RATAN-600 radio telescope. The existence of this new complex was brought to light in an in-depth open source investigation (opens in new tab) published by The Space Review that analyzed public satellite imagery, solicitation documents from Russian industrial contractors and Russian financial documents.
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WNU Editor: This is in contrast in what the U.S. is doing .... US announces a stop to testing anti-satellite weapons (Phys.org).
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