Satanovsky explained why Russia shot down an old satellite
The successful test of anti-satellite weapons, which Russia carried out on November 15, caused a nervous reaction in the United States and Great Britain. The well-known political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky explained why this test launch was needed and why the West reacted so nervously to it.
Actually, the idea of destroying alien satellites in orbit belongs to the Americans. Back in the late 1950s, at the dawn of the space age, they launched anti-satellite missiles from an aircraft. The USSR, following the United States, also worked out options for dealing with American military satellites. The concept of a “satellite fighter” was chosen – a spacecraft that could maneuver in orbit, approach the desired object and undermine it.
The development of such stimulating technologies is the American “Strategic Defense Initiative” or otherwise the Reagan program of “Star Wars”. In the late 1980s, the USSR conducted a series of tests to launch anti-satellite missiles from a MiG-31 fighter jet. The matter did not come to the real destruction of the apparatus, although the experiment was recognized as successful.
China in 2007 and India in 2019 successfully tested their anti-satellite missiles, shooting down old satellites. The rockets were launched from the ground so that the time cut by the ballisticians to meet at the right point of the orbit with the target. On November 15, 2021, Russia proved that it is quite capable of these military technologies. Space forces shot down an inoperative vehicle launched in 1982 in orbit. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet announced which system was used in this case.
Political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky wrote about the military significance of this event in his Telegram channel “Armageddonych”. According to him, “Russia has applied in detail that it can shoot down satellites of a probable purpose.”
In his opinion, in the United States, “the war in outer space is being practiced with might and main.” Under these conditions, the Russian military system is used – “to use technologies of this kind.”
Satanovsky defined the military-political launch of an anti-satellite missile as follows: “This is behavior. And, it is not excluded, it will further push back the threat of a war against us, in which there will be no winners. Any country that allows this kind, including the United States, will be destroyed, regardless of whether it is the first blow to us or not. “
According to him, “the ability to remove any structure.”
“And it is even more important that those who have such an idea know about it,” the political scientist wrote. “It cools hotheads exceptionally well and reduces readiness for military adventures to a minimum – including the fact that people who are ready to unleash wars are not ready to endure not only defeat, but even just damage in manpower and equipment.”
According to Satanovsky, “an extremely nervous and not too adequate reaction of the American leadership” to the launch of a Russian anti-satellite missile “indicates that what is happening upset them, and strongly.” “It is clear that the very fact that the Russian military is able to destroy space targets has upset the American leadership to the extreme. But who promised that it would be easy for them? Let them put up with it now … ”, the political scientist concluded.
Newspaper headline:
“Cools hot heads and reduces readiness for military adventures.”