Pat Flannery wrote:
Mike Chan wrote:

Shades of the F15/MHV ASAT. I don't recall seeing any references of
its capability to launch in the southern hemisphere below the
groundtrack of the Soviet early warning sats in Molniya orbits and nail
them coming around perigee.




You stick a small, non-nuclear EMP warhead on it (we have these for
cruise missiles) get it within a mile or so of the target satellite on a
direct ascent trajectory, and set it off; for all your opponent knows
his satellite just suffered a electrical malfunction.
The debris from the interceptor missile falls back down into the sea.
Those ones in Molniya orbits would make very tempting targets at their
perigees.
The Navy Space Cruiser project was apparently designed with
quick-response covert satellite destruction in less than one orbit as
part of its mission: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/spauiser.htm
http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extras/scruiser1.htm

Pat

"Recovery of a payload from space using the N-wing parafoil was
demonstrated in classified tests."

Is there any info about this test?

- Ed Kyle