The Terrifying History and Implications of Space Weapons

The prospect of space weaponization has been a topic of interest and concern for many years but the idea has surged to the forefront of current conversation because of Putin’s plan to put a nuclear weapon into space in order to annihilate global communications. The idea of weaponizing space dates back to the Cold War era when both the United States and the Soviet Union were exploring the possibilities of expanding their military capabilities beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The first space weapon was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968, a military satellite named Истребитель спутников, ИС, meaning “destroyer of satellites”. The US followed suit in 1985 with the deployment of the Space Shuttle program’s “Dual-Use Satellite,” which could function as a reconnaissance satellite and as a platform for anti-satellite weapons. <a href="https://medium.com/operations-research-bit/the-terrifying-history-and-implications-of-space-weapons-b2900c60db72">Visit Now</a>