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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."

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  1. Mods Vote on the worst editor! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mods Vote on the worst editor!

    Vote Offtopic for Taco
    Vote Troll for Michael
    Vote Redundant for Cliff
    Vote Overrated for CowboyNeal

    FP!

  2. Old Soviet Overlords by qbzzt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one am glad not to worry about our old soviet overlords. Seriously, in the eighties it looked like the USSR was almost as strong as the US. Isn't it great that that dictatorship spent itself into bankruptcy?

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    1. Re:Old Soviet Overlords by BgJonson79 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      On a completely unrelated note, the United States is not a dictatorship and Bush is not a dictator... he's just not a good president.

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      There are four boxes used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.

  3. Unlike the US... by lxt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Isn't it great that that dictatorship spent itself into bankruptcy?"

    Just replace "dictatorship" with "president"... :)

  4. In... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia the Dot Slashes You.

    1. Re:In... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      In capitalist america, Taco Bell would have a floating target moved into place in the south pacific, and offer everyone in the U.S. a free taco if the falling craft hit the bulls-eye.

  5. Re:Hahaha by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We do have a cowboy in office, don't we?

    Nah. The guy who just shovels shit isn't properly refered to as a cowboy.

    KFG

  6. Re:See a picture... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Haha, I can't believe that got modded informative. I can just see the mod, "hmmm wow that thing is really impressive looking" +1 informative.

  7. Re:If the USSR had that back then.... by Enigma_Man · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The bagel burns with the power of lemons? The horrors! The atrocity! The papercuts! Won't someone think of the hamsters?

    -Jesse

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    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
  8. Re:...but a faulty sensor caused it to de-orbit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you mean Zapp Branigan?

  9. neither are by Run4yourlives · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the Chisto-fascists you just re-elected...

    People aren't irrational, regardless of what you might like to believe. Islamic militants have very good and ligitimate reasons for what they do, regardles of whether or not we perfer their methods.

    Perhaps you should find out what those reasons are, instead of invading countries and validating them.