how could you know what the shuttles would really be delivering to the orbit? I mean, you know it's a satellite, but will that satellite be able to practically destroy anything? How could you be sure?
I'm not suggesting that GRU or KGB were omniscient, but this information was probably available to them.
I'm not suggesting that GRU or KGB were omniscient, but this information was probably available to them.
Some people say the information that Germany would strike the Soviet Union in June 1941 was also available to the Soviet intelligence. Apparently, the availability of information is not everything.