Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2020 11:08:54 GMT -5
With the USAF relinquishing jurisdiction to Trump's Imbecilic "Space Force"
the USAF is out of the space business.
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35 Years Ago, a U.S. F-15 Blasted an Orbiting Satellite to Smithereens
The amazing feat only happened once.
The program, though promising, was considered inflammatory and many believed would end up militarizing space.
One of the most remarkable feats of military engineering during the Cold War was the shootdown of an actual satellite by a fighter jet. The incident was the first and only use of the AGM-135 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. Although anti-satellite weapon development slowed after the end of the Cold War, it's restarted in a big way, with new weapons being fielded by the U.S., Russia, and China.
The AGM-135 was the largest missile ever mounted on a F-15 Eagle. The weapon, designed by Vought was originally called the Prototype Miniature Air Launched System (PMALS). It was based on the Short Range Attack Missile, a nuclear-tipped missile used by the B-52 bomber. PMALS added a second stage and modified the missile to ascend straight into space, where its infrared-guided sensor package picked up the target and guided the missile into a collision.
the USAF is out of the space business.
Mod.
link
35 Years Ago, a U.S. F-15 Blasted an Orbiting Satellite to Smithereens
The amazing feat only happened once.
The program, though promising, was considered inflammatory and many believed would end up militarizing space.
One of the most remarkable feats of military engineering during the Cold War was the shootdown of an actual satellite by a fighter jet. The incident was the first and only use of the AGM-135 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. Although anti-satellite weapon development slowed after the end of the Cold War, it's restarted in a big way, with new weapons being fielded by the U.S., Russia, and China.
The AGM-135 was the largest missile ever mounted on a F-15 Eagle. The weapon, designed by Vought was originally called the Prototype Miniature Air Launched System (PMALS). It was based on the Short Range Attack Missile, a nuclear-tipped missile used by the B-52 bomber. PMALS added a second stage and modified the missile to ascend straight into space, where its infrared-guided sensor package picked up the target and guided the missile into a collision.