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Soviet Space Battle Station Images Published

Posted by Hemos on from the a-page-from-the-past dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Images of the Soviet Union's laser space battle station Skif and its prototype Polyus have been published on the web. Polyus-Skif was the Soviet response to the American 'Star Wars' program of the 1980s. The Polyus was launched in May 1987 but a faulty sensor caused it to de-orbit into the South Pacific. More information can be found at Encyclopedia Astronautica."

2 of 350 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Old Soviet Overlords by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Really? What one is that?

    (Briton just enjoying the spectacle of the USA falling apart).

  2. Re: $800 Billion by Racter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > On a completely unrelated note Bush just signed a bill putting the US *800 BILLION in debt.

    *Insert "another" here.