war from space

Abhishek Kumar Singh

At present, the world does not have systems to warn or defend against hypersonic missiles coming from space. The air defense systems currently available are only able to work against conventional missiles. Not only this, air defense systems can also be destroyed by hypersonic missiles fired from space.

As human beings, the more peace we wish for, the greater fears we have about war. The horrifying truth of this problem is that its initiators are also humans themselves. Wars are no longer common. The conversation started with conventional weapons and went to giant bombs, nuclear weapons, inter-continental missiles and cyber warfare. Although every type of attack defense and weapons are also prepared, but now some such wars are being created, whose break will not be easy to find. New wars of this type can be in the form of rain of super-destructive weapons from space. The latest claim about the space war spree is that India’s neighbor China has recently tested the power of nuclear strike anywhere on Earth from space for the first time.

According to the latest developments, in August this year, China sent a hypersonic missile capable of carrying and firing nuclear weapons into low-earth orbit from one of its powerful rockets – the Long March. This missile is capable of running at a speed of five times the speed of sound. After reaching the lower orbit, the missile circled the Earth and after that the experts fired closer to the target. The US Defense Affairs website- ‘The Drive’ has released a report claiming the test of this missile. It has been claimed that now China has such power that in the near future through its missiles, it can drop nuclear bombs in any corner of the earth from space.

Although in its first test, this missile fell thirty-two kilometers away from the target, but after achieving this capability, the danger has arisen that China can attack any of its enemies through space. The special thing is that there are no systems to warn or protect against hypersonic missiles coming from space in the world. The air defense systems currently available are only able to work against conventional missiles. Not only this, air defense systems can also be destroyed by hypersonic missiles fired from space. From thousands of kilometers away, these missiles can attack without any hindrance. This thing has shocked the whole world including America.

As far as space warfare is concerned, this is nothing new. For the past several decades, a blueprint has been drawn in many countries of the world regarding the dangers and preparedness of space war. America itself has also been engaged in this work for a long time. It is no secret that in 1983, US President Ronald Reagan first dreamed of a similar war as ‘Star War’. Although America did not immediately implement the plan of war from space, but for about thirteen years after that, there was an atmosphere of apprehension and fear in the whole world about this idea. Reagan wanted the wars that take place on Earth to be controlled by military satellites and equipment stationed in space in such a way that America and its allies could always have an edge.

Meanwhile, in 1996, when Bill Clinton put the Star Wars plan on hold for some time, the world breathed a sigh of relief. But in the year 2018, once again under the leadership of the then US President Donald Trump, the plan was asked to reconsider. In this regard, in March 2018, Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley Jr., Director of the US Defense Intelligence Service, claimed before the Armed Services Committee of the US Senate that Russia and China are developing weapons that they can use in space warfare. . In such a situation, he told America to be ready for space war.

When we explore the details of the weapons of war fought from space, interesting information comes to the fore. It is said that in the ‘Airborne Laser Project’ that America has worked on for a long time, many types of weapons were thought of. It has even been said that atom bombs can be placed in space. There may be devices stationed there that can destroy everything by throwing laser rays. Particle beams, or dangerous charged rays, and rockets or even weapons that throw heavy bullets. Apart from missiles, there are many other types of weapons, which can wreak havoc from space on Earth or in space itself.

These include space bugs, space hackers, e-bombs, propulsion systems, space fighters, alien technology and even plasma weapons, known as ‘far out weapons’ in the non-traditional category. As the name suggests, space bugs will be a type of germs, which can cause a dangerous disease by landing on Earth from space. From satellites to Earth’s communication and power systems can be stalled through space hackers. But the systems the US is seriously considering are a little off the ground of imagination. The Air Force Unit of the US Department of Defense has discussed a missile defense system in the plan of Star War, which can be fired towards the enemy country as soon as it is informed of the attack and the warplane or missile coming towards it can also be fired from space. can be destroyed only from systems deployed in.

The important question here is that if neighboring China has missile capability from space, then how will India be able to compete with its power. Certainly, deploying hypersonic missiles in China’s space can pose a big threat not only to America but also to India. In view of China’s military infiltration attempts in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, it is necessary that India has the power to counter this Brahmastra. The assurance about this is that in the field of hypersonic missile technology, India is the fourth country after America, Russia and China to have hypersonic technology and it has also been tested.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) had successfully test-fired the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle at Balasore, Odisha some time back. It is claimed that our enemy countries could not get the idea of ​​this vehicle running at a speed of six times the speed of sound. In this way, India can now make hypersonic missiles without foreign cooperation. Not only this, in the year 2019, the way India destroyed one of its satellites deployed in space under Mission Shakti with a missile fired from the earth, it gives confidence that India is not going to lag behind when faced with the challenge of space war. Is.