Some have argued, the launcher component was, “capable of delivering Nuclear warheads from orbit to any point in the … … in six minutes.” (Grondine, 2019) Which implies that each Nuclear Mine-Warhead was encased in a re-entry vehicle.
One of the functions of the 1987 Polyus Spacecraft is believed to have been its use as a bus for a load of Nuclear Space Mines. A state that has grown reliant on their Space-Based Infrastructure embedded in the Earth’s Satellite Layer, presents a highly attractive target that within one rotation of the planet, could be massively damaged with long-term historical consequences for a Space-Based Society to function or direct their military forces.Ī Planetary Rotational Nuclear-EMP Campaign on the Earth’s Satellite Layer has its origin in earlier Soviet Space Warfighting concept development. The ‘strategy’ being pursued has three core elements:įor a rogue state that has little or no stake in Space, and faced by a vastly technologically superior state, it can pursue a ‘Low-Tech’ Space Warfare option. The function of this strategy would be to dissuade a more powerful adversary, or the international community from attempts to contain or overthrow the rogue state, and continue to accept its dominance in global affairs. Detonating at various orbital layers a sequence of Nuclear Blasts, and Electromagnetic Pulse: EMP effect, and residual radiation field would destroy a portion of the World’s satellite capability.
Relying on the Earth’s rotation over a 24-hour period (the full planetary rotation), a series of rockets could be launched into various positions within the Earth’s Satellite Layer delivering several Nuclear Mines for immediate or later detonation. This short essay explores a rogue state strategy where it can develop and launch a relatively simple two (three) stage rocket that can carry a Nuclear Space Mine, and place this in orbit around the Earth.