Russia warns it can destroy NATO satellites – rendering missiles useless – as White House says it has ‘serious concerns’ about military build-up near Ukraine – but Putin’s spy agency dismisses US ‘hysteria’
- State TV claimed new anti-satellite missiles could destroy 32 Nato satellites
- ASAT missiles would ‘blind all their missiles, planes, ships and ground forces’
- Warning comes as 94,000 Russian troops have been sent to Ukrainian border
- White House said it had ‘serious concerns’ and shared maps of possible invasion
Ross Ibetson and Will Stewart – Daily Mail Nov 23, 2021
Russia has warned it can obliterate Nato satellites with its new ‘Star Warrior’ technology to render the West’s GPS-guided missiles useless in the latest provocation in its stand-off with Ukraine.
State TV last night claimed Moscow’s anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles could destroy 32 Nato satellites and ‘blind all their missiles, planes and ships, not to mention the ground forces.’
The ASAT technology was tested on a defunct Soviet satellite last week, sending shrapnel flying towards the International Space Station (ISS), and provoking outrage from NASA and Washington. This was a warning shot to the West, state TV claimed
The chilling threat comes after Vladimir Putin sent more than 94,000 troops to the border with Ukraine, sparking fears of a three-pronged invasion that would dwarf the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
The White House on Monday said it had ‘serious concerns’ over Moscow’s buildup of military hardware along the frontier, including tanks and missile batteries, as well as its sustained threats to Kiev.
‘We continue to have serious concerns about Russian military activities and harsh rhetoric toward Ukraine and call on Moscow to deescalate tensions,’ said Biden’s press Secretary Jen Psaki.
But the Kremlin’s SVR foreign intelligence agency accused Washington of whipping up ‘hysteria’, dismissing claims it had any intention of launching an invasion.
‘The Americans are painting a frightening picture of hordes of Russian tanks that will start to crush Ukrainian cities, saying they have some ‘reliable information’ of such Russian intentions,’ said the SVR in a rare statement to the Russian press.
“The ASAT technology was tested on a defunct Soviet satellite last week, sending shrapnel flying towards the International Space Station (ISS), and provoking outrage from NASA and Washington. This was a warning shot to the West, state TV claimed”
When the Chinese decided to de-orbit their satellite a decade ago the Western world shrieked hysterically too.
Imagine having a pile of unbelievably expensive military gear that suddenly take the status of junk.
Imagine the countless soldiers scattered in hostile lands where sent to teach the natives the merits of Hollywood military doctrine and suddenly their Google maps cease to function.
This is a war won before the first shot is fired which is a commendable as no blood is shed.
YES PUTIN DO IT !
SO MORE SPACE DEBRISE
SO BETTER !
Oh, now there are “anti-satellite missiles” to destroy the “satellites”. The insanity will never end.
The Russians don’t say much, but when they do, people should listen.
The problem is that the US is run by lunatics, and it’s European puppets by crooks.
Because the satellites are most likely weaponized we should ask the Ruskies have a go at them. Most people would feel much safer if they felt they were not under constant surveillance from space and there was some death ray up there which could sap you with a ray any time they wanted.
Ratchild: Throughout history we instigate & engineer wars where the white gentiles kill each other over idiotic issues. Millions dead fighting over some crucified Jewish rabbi for centuries, millions more for some worthless Archduke in 1914 & the supposed freedom of idiotic Polacks in 1939.
Mosestein: If they had any intelligence they’d be killing us, instead of each other.
WTF? Does Bribem’s west now control even Eastern Bloc tech:
“Joe Biden was last night considering sending Javelin anti-tank missile launchers and Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine,”
Typical of the MSM.
R.C.