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  1. Russian Nuclear Blast In Space — When Kremlin Blasted 300 KT Of Warhead Over Kazakhstan, Displaying The Power Of EMP Attack

    By Shubhangi Palve -
    December 17, 2024

    "Could nuclear warheads wipe out thousands of satellites orbiting Earth? This concept, once explored by the Soviet Union, has resurfaced amid rising geopolitical tensions, raising alarms about the dawn of a new era in space warfare.

    "On February 5, 2022, Russia launched #Kosmos2553, which settled into a remote orbit 1,240 miles above Earth—higher than most operational satellites.

    "While it appears unassuming, #Cosmos2553 represents a chilling advancement in Russia’s potential to threaten military and commercial satellites using nuclear blasts in space.

    "Since its deployment, U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs has kept a vigilant eye on Cosmos 2553.

    "In February 2024, the White House publicly acknowledged the satellite as part of a 'troubling' Russian anti-satellite weapon program. While officials clarified it posed no direct physical threat to Earth, its potential to devastate critical satellite networks has raised alarms.

    Orbit Of Concern: The Graveyard

    "Cosmos 2553 orbits in a region called the #GraveyardOrbit, circling Earth every two hours. Just inside the highly radioactive #VanAllenBelts, this area is sparsely populated—only about 10 defunct satellites are out there.

    "Yet, U.S. officials suggest Cosmos 2553 is a testbed for a weapon capable of obliterating hundreds, if not thousands, of satellites, which could cripple global communications and defense infrastructure.

    History Of Nuclear Weapons In Space

    "Both the United States and the Soviet Union experimented with nuclear detonations in space during the 1960s. These tests aimed to understand how nuclear weapons behaved in the upper atmosphere and beyond, often with unforeseen and catastrophic effects.

    "The U.S. conducted 11 tests under #OperationFishbowl, with the most famous, #StarfishPrime, detonating 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean in 1962. The blast knocked out radio systems and power grids in Hawaii, leaving a trail of #radiation lingering in Earth’s #magnetosphere for years.

    "Meanwhile, the Soviets carried out #ProjectK, a series of nuclear tests between 1961 and 1962. These experiments further highlighted the potential for nuclear weapons to wreak havoc in orbit—generating electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) that could disable satellites and disrupt global systems.

    "In this article, we examine the Soviet Project K tests in-depth, exploring how they shaped the early days of space warfare and their lasting implications for today’s emerging threats."

    Read more:
    eurasiantimes.com/project-k-ca

    #NukesInSpace #NoNukesInSpace
    #LEO #KesslerEffect #KesslerSyndrome
    #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites

  2. What Happens if a Nuke Goes Off in Space?

    Russia may be planning to put a nuclear weapon in orbit. We have known since the 1960s why that is a bad idea

    By Allison Parshall, June 13, 2024

    "The auroras over Hawaii on the night of July 8, 1962, were unlike any that humans had ever witnessed. 'N-Blast Tonight May Be Dazzling; Good View Likely,' read a headline in the Honolulu Advertiser beforehand. Nine seconds after 11 P.M., a startling flash set the sky aglow like eerie daylight, slowly fading from green to yellow to orange before settling on a vivid, unsettling red.

    "The U.S. had just detonated a thermonuclear bomb 100 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima. Launched on a missile from Johnston Atoll, a U.S. unincorporated territory between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii, the bomb exploded at 250 miles above Earth’s surface—around the altitude in #LowEarthOrbit of most modern-day satellites. This event, called #StarfishPrime, wasn’t the first or last time that the U.S. or Soviet Union tested nuclear weapons in space (there were more than a dozen tests between 1958 and 1962), but it was the most impactful. The blast generated a power surge over the Pacific Ocean that knocked out about 300 streetlights on the island of Oahu—and destroyed or damaged about a third of the roughly two dozen satellites then in orbit.

    " 'The Starfish Prime shot is sort of the poster child for why we don’t like nukes blowing up in space,' says Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Indeed, only a few years later, in 1967, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union signed on to the Outer Space Treaty, which forbade putting weapons of mass destruction in orbit.

    "Now, some six decades after the last nuclear detonation in Earth orbit, the threat of another has emerged with the Department of Defense warning about a potential Russian program to place a nuke in space. When the United Nations Security Council recently put forward a resolution to reaffirm the ban on such weapons, Russia vetoed the measure. U.S. officials have said there is no 'imminent threat' because no warheads are known to be in space.* But they have deemed the prospect 'deeply troubling' because a nuclear detonation there today would be far more destructive than even Starfish Prime."

    Read more:
    scientificamerican.com/article

    #NukesInSpace #NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect #KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites

  3. Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses

    Apr 17, 2025

    Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).

    "#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.

    "U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.

    "An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).

    "An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.

    "A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
    'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed.

    "Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).

    "This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.

    "Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."

    Read more:
    ieu-monitoring.com/editorial/o

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/PPMrQ

    #NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
    #KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites

  4. [Thread] In the news... #NukesInSpace!!!

    A new US military wargame series began by simulating a #NuclearWeapon in orbit

    US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year.

    Stephen Clark – May 13, 2026

    "US Space Command is inviting commercial companies to participate in a new series of classified wargames. The first exercise simulated a scenario involving a potential nuclear detonation in orbit."

    arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/

    #NoNukesInSpace #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerEffect #KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites

  5. 📌予告(2026/05/23)
    オタクによる反戦デモAct2
    国会議事堂正門前
    #オタクによる反戦デモ
    #NOWAR #戦争反対
    NO WAR! YES 9条!

    from オタクによる反戦デモ公式 (@otakudemo2026 X/Twitter)
    【 5月23日(土)16:00〜18:00
    国会議事堂正門前にて
    オタクによる反戦デモAct2
    を開催します。
    アニメ・漫画・特撮・アイドル・ゲーム・猫・犬・格闘技・ミリタリー・演劇・映画etc.
    あらゆる反戦オタクは国会前に集結だ!
    #オタクによる反戦デモ
    #推しのいる世界を戦場にするな 】

    x.com/otakudemo2026/status/205

  6. 高評価をひとついただきました。ありがとうございます。
    Winds around the colorful world
    #StopInvasion #StopGenocide #StopAggression #NoWar
    #korgGadget #Instrumental #Music
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    すべての権力者はただちに民衆への暴力行使を停止せよ。
    殺すな、精神的にも肉体的にも。

  7. An Iranian museum holds a rare exhibit of American art, reflecting on war

    By MEHDI FATTAHI
    Updated 11:43 AM EDT, May 8, 2026

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — "The artworks are distinctly American — famed pieces in vivid colors wrestling with themes of war, violence, pop culture and commercialism. What’s startling is where they’re on display: In a museum in the Iranian capital, at a time the two countries are locked in conflict.

    "While the city’s streets are lined with anti-American billboards and posters, #Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art opened an exhibit this week of six works by three American Pop artists of the 1960s -- #RoyLichtenstein, #RobertIndiana and #JamesRosenquist – mainly chosen for their #AntiWar themes.

    "The works come from the museum’s large collection of masterpieces of American and European modern art that was acquired by the wife of the former shah in the 1970s. Most of it has been kept out of view since the Western-backed monarch was ousted by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

    "After living under #USIsraeli bombardment for weeks, the young men and women strolling the gallery felt a resonance from the works.

    "Some contemplated #Rosenquist’s 'F-111,' a collage dating to the era of the U.S. bombardment of #Vietnam that critiques America’s #MilitaryIndustrialComplex with images of a warplane’s fuselage, a #nuclear #MushroomCloud and a child’s face."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/iran-war-am

    #WorldPol #USWarOnIran #NoWar

  8. 🟢スタートしました! 
    2026年5月10日
    本日(母の日)の0時から24時間
    私は経団連加盟の大手チェーンは利用しません
    買い物は個人経営のお店でします
    #510財布の紐でNOを
    #一億総消費ボイコット
    #ママ戦争止めてくるわ‌
    #殺傷武器輸出反対
    #NOWAR #戦争反対

    *画像は人物を含め生成AI作成のものです

  9. ♦️ #510財布の紐でNOを
    ♦️ #一億総消費ボイコット
    いよいよ後5時間ほどで始まります。
    皆さんのご協力をよろしくお願いします。

    2026年5月10日
    明日(母の日)の0時から24時間
    私は経団連加盟の大手チェーンは利用しません。買い物は個人事業主のお店でします。

    #殺傷武器輸出反対
    #NOWAR #戦争反対
    #平和憲法守る

    *添付画像は人物を含め生成AI作成のものです

  10. 🟢本日(2026/05/09)
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    5月9日(土)13時~
    近鉄高田駅 駅前の歩道橋
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    #NOWAR #戦争反対
    #憲法9条守れ