Saturday, February 11, 2023

Ukrainian army downs 20 Shahed drones during evening Russian attack

"The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other units of the defence forces of
Ukraine shot down 20 Shahed kamikaze attack drones......The launches were carried out from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov." PRAVADA

Secretive Russian Satellite Breaks Apart In Orbit, Creating Debris Cloud

"A secretive Russian satellite launched nearly a decade ago has experienced a "breakup" in
outer space, according to a tweet published by the US Space Force's 18th Space Defense Squadron. 
The Space Force said the Kosmos 2499 spacecraft disintegrated and unleashed a hazardous cloud of debris orbiting the planet. Russia launched a rocket in late 2013, supposedly carrying three military communications satellites into orbit. But it wasn't until space trackers found a fourth and very mysterious spacecraft (Kosmos 2499) that was also released into orbit. 
Zak said the head of Roscosmos in 2014 assured world leaders that Kosmos 2499 wasn't a "killer satellite." Roscosmos never revealed the satellite's mission. " ZH