Mercury capsule (Picture I) |
Kimmo Huosionmaa
There are many ways to make realistic combat spacecraft and the governments of the USA, Russia, and China might have many versions of those things, what seems like some Science Fiction stuff. One of the most realistic versions of making "killer satellite"is used as a "Mercury"-type spacecraft, what is filled with plastic explosives. The nose of the spacecraft must be weaker than another layer, and then the explosives just break the core of the spacecraft, and at the front of the explosives might be steel balls, what would travel to the target with extremely high speed.
The problem with that device is actually the debris, what would close the trajectory from all satellites. This is why the military space systems are not allowed to test in space. And that's why there is created the anti-satellite weapons, what uses microwaves to destroying the targeted satellites. Microwave would be unseen, and the target would not break in the pieces, what can cause dangerous debris.
EMP-bomb (Picture II) |
One version of this weapon, what would base the existing technology of this thing could be manned or unmanned " Mercury"-type spacecraft, what would be equipped with the microwave burst weapon. The principle of this killer satellite is similar to high power microwave bomb, what is dropped from conventional bombers, and that weapon could damage electronics and other equipment in the very sharp area.
This system works that high-explosive material would give pressure to the battery, what is inside that weapon. And after that, the high voltage electricity would be conducted to the microwave transmitter what is at the nose of this weapon. If this technology would be used with killer satellites, they would take off the enemy's space systems without radioactive fallout, and if that system uses microwaves, there would not be debris in that trajectory.
This system would be a single shot version of killer satellites, but it can be very effective and realistic version of the killer satellites. In this case, the ground control would drive this system near the targeted satellite, and then shoot it with microwave. It could also be used against attacking missiles, and at least couple of them would be damaged if the raising missile would get hit by high power EMP-weapon, what could damage the targeting systems of the warheads.
Sources:
http://www.superconductors.org/emp-bomb.htm
Picture I
http://nick-stevens.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mercury.jpg
Picture II
http://www.superconductors.org/e-pic2.jpg
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