Russian nuclear weapons in space: Defense Express told how real it is (infographics)

How real it is and whether the opportunity in Russia has been analyzed by military experts in the Defense Express information and consulting agency. This information spread quickly enough and caused a great hype among Western politicians and media.

According to experts, there were even suggestions that Russians can literally place nuclear weapons in space or a certain type of weapon that will be able to disable the US satellites and thus complicate not only the transfer of intelligence, but also a civilized life in general.

"As long as there is no clear clarity in this story, let's try to express our assumptions that it can be for the space nuclear weapons of Russia, even if all options are equally hypothetical and hardly put into practice," analysts said. This system of partially orbital bombing is known during the USSR and the basis of the R-36 "Satan" rocket.

The mechanism of its use, unlike the classical intercontinental ballistic missile (IBR), gave the opportunity to "throw" the warhead into the Earth's orbit, where the rocket would make a full round around the Earth and descend. In the 1970s, only 18 such rockets were manufactured, and they were all housed on the Baikonur spaceport. In 1983, this rocket was removed from weapons, all the missiles had to be disposed of. However, the R-36 ORB was reincarnated in the cyclone launcher.

Some Western sources at one time disseminated the information that Russia is working on a satellite with a nuclear power plant - "Eclipage" or "Zeus". In this project, the Russians relied on a technological basis laid in the 70's. Experts believe that theoretically, Russians can use their "eco -" for radio electronic struggle against satellites in space.

However, there is one nuance: there is no evidence in the information field that the Ekipage satellite itself is already embedded in metal or prepared/prepared infrastructure for its launch. However, it should not be forgotten that the Russian Federation "officially" has a rocket with declared "sipping" opportunities-A-235 "Nudol".

It was probably this rocket in 2021 that could actually be knocked down by one of the written satellites of the Space Series, although in general, A-235 was created to update Moscow. However, whether a nuclear "special boar" can be installed on this rocket - the issue is currently quite debatable.