Elon Musk missiles in US military service
Russian Space Commission Director General Ross Cosmos Dmitry Rogozin stated that the Pentagon was considering using SpaceX missiles to transport "quick reaction forces" in emergency situations.
The Intercept quoted documents
- from the Pentagon, noting that the aim was to use this type of
- missile to transport the rapid reaction forces to a sudden site of escalation
- such as the attack on an American embassy, as in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
Another way to use Elon Musk's
bunkers and other offensive operation requirements that
could be dropped anywhere on the planet, but not to disembark American troops.
Second
- major defense projects
- have linked SpaceX's name to
- the potential implementation of key parts of it.
For example
it was recently noted that SpaceX
is among the leading candidates to build part of the Trump administration's «Golden Dome» (Golden Dome) defense project, a massive project focused on missile defense and containing rising threats, putting commercial space company technology at the heart of deterrence and defense plans.
Third
technically:
SpaceX's Raptor engine represents a quantum leap in rocket propulsion capabilities (using methane and liquid oxygen with a full combustion cycle)
and these engines were developed primarily for the Starship
(Starship) program aimed at interplanetary transport.
Although this technology is powerful
converting it into conventional «military»
missiles requires modifications in design, reliability under combat conditions
and a guidance and deployment system different from civilian
or exploratory launch missions.
The military also has strict organizational
and security requirements that must be met.
Furthermore
the same newspaper indicates that SpaceX's satellites, in practice
are actively used in
regulating military communications, particularly in Ukraine.
Rogozin:
Western astronautical agencies headed for war
In a statement to Russia 24, Rogozin said: "In principle, we see where the world of astronautics is headed by Western agencies, it's headed for war."
He warned that
- "the madness of high
- tech electricity-based devices
- can bring Western civilization to its knees."
"In the next 15 years, leading space forces will launch cyberwarfare equipment
into space capable of disrupting entire mega-cities on Earth with one click."
For the same reason
he is sure that cars with regular engines should not be completely
abandoned in favour of electric vehicles."
Earlier
Rogozhin said U.S. private space agencies
were contracting with the Pentagon or CIA agents.