There is suspicion that the Russian new satellite (Cosmos 2576) is an ASAT weapon. The mysterious satellite is in the same orbiter as a U.S. government probe. And there is suspicion that this Russian probe involves some kind of kill vehicle like kinetic energy weapons or even a nuclear warhead. The nuclear warhead is one of the most feared weapons in space. In too many scenarios, the nuclear attack begins with a nuclear explosion in space, whose purpose is to knock out electric systems by using the electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
The EMP pulse can destroy aircraft and computers and damage other electronics and electric networks. In some visions, the EMP weapon is hidden in the satellites, which can detonate at low orbiter. The EMP weapon can wait in the high orbiter, and when it takes order, it can transport the weapon to the lower orbiter. The spaceborne nuclear weapon can destroy many satellites. And this is the reason why those systems are prohibited.
One version of the space nuclear weapon is the laser system, where a nuclear weapon pumps energy. The nuclear elements are around or near the laser. Then that nuke will detonate, and the laser aims the light to the ground. This kind of laser can be dangerous to ground targets even if they are single use. The nuke will vaporize that laser immediately, but that system destroys many satellites around it.
There is suspicion that the Russian space weapon is a dummy nuclear weapon. If the protection of that weapon is not strong enough. The hackers can break its launching codes. And in that case, it's possible. That some hackers can detonate that weapon.
The Soviet Union tested killer satellites and their control systems in their Almaz program. The Almaz was a highly secretive military space station program, there the Soviets tested military space applications including weapon solutions. The satellites equipped with machine guns or simply made collide with each other. Those tests and research work continued after the 1967 treaty that banned space weapons.
The killer satellites were planned to be used against things like military communication and recon satellites during the war. And that should deny the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) submarines getting their launching codes. The GPS satellites also planned targets for the killer satellites and ground-based ASAT systems.
The analysis of the effects of space nukes is based on data collected mainly from high-yield nuclear tests Hardtack 1 Teak, and Orange in 1958. And Operation Dominick, 1962. In a nuclear test codenamed "Dominick Starfish Prime" on 9 June 1962, the U.S. military launched a 1450 kt (about 1,5 mt) nuclear weapon over Honolulu. The altitude of that test is reported 248 miles (about 400 km).
And that EMP pulse closed electric circuits in Honolulu city. This test shows how powerful spaceborne nukes can be. And today electricity is more sensitive than in 1962. There were also smaller nuclear tests in high atmosphere like the "Argus" test series, that tested the small nuclear weapon's ability to create plasma shield over targets.
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