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I wonder if it's possible that it was an automated response? Some combination of mass and speed detected by radar (or satellite?) triggering an S2A response.
by ra 14y ago
I wonder if it's possible that it was an automated response?
Some combination of mass and speed detected by radar (or satellite?) triggering an S2A response.
- jacquesm 14y agoNot a chance. Taking into account: - the size of Russia - The range of surface to air missiles - the chance of missing an object that does not give off a heat signature until it is about to hit. Any kind of suggestion that we have the tech or the means (financially) to do this for a large chunk of the planet is nonsense, and for a smaller area the odds of hitting something are probably so bad that it isn't worth it.
- ra 14y agoYeah but this isn't a random location. Chelyabinsk being home to Russia's nuclear research, and relatively close to Baikonur.