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solypsist
11-25-2004, 05:06
I thought some of you might find this intresting. Just some of the things none of us ever really hear about.


Soviet Union was developing laser space battle station Skif from beginning of 80's.
Length: 37 meters
Diameter: 4.1 meter
Weight: around 80 tons
It was supposed to be launched by Energia booster (same as for Buran shuttle)

http://www.army.lv/photos/3984.jpg

Unarmed prototype filled with scientific equipment was created around 1985 and launched 15 May 1987. It was failed to start operations and with the fall of Soviet Union project was scrapped.

http://www.army.lv/photos/3986.jpg

http://www.army.lv/photos/3996.jpg

http://www.army.lv/photos/3997.jpg
solypsist
11-25-2004, 05:07
http://www.army.lv/photos/3983.jpg

http://www.army.lv/photos/3992.jpg

http://www.army.lv/photos/3982.jpg
solypsist
11-25-2004, 05:07
http://www.army.lv/photos/3988.jpg

http://www.army.lv/photos/3989.jpg
spmetla
11-25-2004, 19:28
Friggin cool, wonder if the US had anything cool like that being developed at all?
discovery1
11-25-2004, 20:50
It was called star wars

Much more on the death star (http://astronautix.com/craft/polyus.htm)

http://astronautix.com/graphics/p/polyus1.jpg

hmmm, nuclear space mines
Big King Sanctaphrax
11-25-2004, 21:01
I really wish that thing was moon shaped, so I could go "That's no moon, that's a space station!"

...I seem to have done it anyway, but what are you going to do, eh?

Wouldn't you love one of those, just for the cool factor? "What are you driving these, days, Rob?"
"Oh, nothing special, just a laser space battle station."
Alexander the Pretty Good
11-26-2004, 18:55
I finally know what I want for Christmas. :elf: :santa: :santa2:
solypsist
11-27-2004, 00:36
the funny thing about the majority of US Satellites with armament - yes, there are some, just not with nukes or "assassin lasers" - is that over half of them are pointed into outer space.
discovery1
11-27-2004, 09:26
That makes sense. It seems likely that they would want to target hostile com sats. I believe that com sats orbit in geosync orbit, and geosync is a fairly high orbit...