Putin's 'Star Wars' missile to shoot down 'space weapons' and nukes now in combat mode
The anti-satellite S-550 was among the new weapons systems that Putin had demanded should be fast-tracked, defence minister Sergei Shoigu said last month.
The S-550 is seen as part of an air defence modernisation involving the S-350 Vityaz, S-400 Triumf andThe missiles will “completely cover the Russian sky from possible attacks”, it was reported. Pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper said it was part of “one of the most covert domestic weapons programmes” ever conducted.Videos showing the launch of an unnamed new missile system at Sary-Shagan in 2020 and earlier this year are now suspected to be this "Star Wars" weapon.
Defence minister Sergei Shoigu personally declassified the S-550 designation before the November test that blasted the redundant orbiting Soviet-era Tselina-D military reconnaissance satellite to smithereens. TASS reported last month that the S-550 features the kinetic energy interceptor principle to avoid a nuclear detonation when a warhead is struck, citing military expert Dmitry Litovkin.Russia worried the West in November afterMeanwhile both Western and Russian sources last month suggested the Nudol "satellite killer" was behind the strike which provoked outrage in the US and Europe with claims it had put the International Space Station in jeopardy.
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