Nuclear landfill in space: Why Russia needs a satellite "Space-2553" in orbit

Nuclear tests in space were conducted by the United States and the USSR in the 1960s. Now, with the launch of the new Russian apparatus, there was a threat of violation of global infrastructure, including communication, navigation and military operations. The threat of use of nuclear warrior in space to destroy a thousand satellites again floated against the background of increasing geopolitical tension.

In 2022, Russia launched the Space-2553 apparatus, which is probably capable of threatening military and commercial satellites with a nuclear explosion, causing anxiety about the onset of a new era in the Space War. This is stated in The Eurasian Times from December 17. The Russian Space-2553 Russian apparatus has reached a distant orbit about 2000 km in height-higher than most of the satellites operating.

Every two hours, it rotates around the Earth in the area, which experts call the cemetery in orbit - this small populated area is located inside Van Allen, where there are about 10 satellites left. In this regard, the US Space Command in Colorado Springs leads a close observation for "Cosmos-2553".

Although officials have explained that the satellite does not pose a direct physical threat to the Earth, some experts claim that the Russian apparatus can become an object at a "nuclear space landfill", which is able to disrupt global communication and defensive infrastructure. The authors of the material write that during the Cold War, an intensive arms race between the US and the USSR led to numerous nuclear tests in space.

The United States and the Soviet Union were experimented with nuclear explosions in space in the 1960s. The purpose of these trials was to understand how nuclear weapons behave in the upper atmosphere and beyond, which often led to unforeseen and catastrophic consequences. The United States conducted 11 trials under the Fishbowl operation, and during the most famous Starfish Prime, they undermined 250 miles over the Pacific in 1962.

The explosion disrupted the radio systems and electricity grids in Hawaii, leaving the radiation trace in the Earth's magnetosphere for many years. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union made a "K" project-a series of nuclear tests in 1961-1962. These experiments demonstrated the potential of nuclear weapons capable of sowing chaos in orbit, generating electromagnetic pulses (Amy) that could disable satellites and disrupt global systems.

The catastrophic results of these altitude nuclear tests have led to important international agreements. The 1963 test prohibition, signed by the United States, the United Kingdom and the USSR, banned nuclear tests in outer space, atmosphere and underwater. A few years later, the 1967 Space Treaty forbade the placement of "nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction.

" However, with the development of space activity, these treaties were threatened: countries such as Russia and China have been looking for ways to use space as weapons. The observers emphasize that the deployment of Space 2553 indicates the preservation of Russia's interest in space development in military aspect. The capabilities of the apparatus can be used to test new sipping technologies, including those that can disable hundreds or even thousands of satellites.