Thread: About Cold War and more

Well, it went both sides. Militarisation of space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Soviet Union was also researching innovative ways of gaining space supremacy. Two of their most notable efforts were the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) and Polyus orbital weapons system."

Originally Posted by Crocodile

Well, it went both sides. Militarisation of space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Soviet Union was also researching innovative ways of gaining space supremacy. Two of their most notable efforts were the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) and Polyus orbital weapons system."

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"orbital nuclear explosion were researched with varying levels of success."

The moon... for real?

"In the late 1950s United States Air Force considered dropping an atomic bomb on the Moon to display U.S. superiority to the Soviet Union and the rest of the world (Project A119). "

Oh my, I love how this is worded. I makes it sound as if the SU is now a pile of ashes. Like the entire country was Lot's wife and blinked and turned into a into a column of salt or something.

In 1991 the Soviet Union disintegrated.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

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"orbital nuclear explosion were researched with varying levels of success."

That's right. I think that was part of the project Excalibur Project Excalibur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main idea was to detonate a nuclear bomb on the orbit and let it power a series of x-ray lasers in various directions to destroy the ballistic missiles or splitting nuclear warheads.