James J. Cameron

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Russian missile launchers move during the Victory Day military parade marking 71 years of the victory in World War II in Red Square in Moscow in 2016. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday that he had ordered the country’s nuclear forces to “high combat alert”. Here’s what you need to know.

What does Putin’s command mean in practice?

Experts are unsure as to the practical implications of Putin’s order, because the literal Russian translation of the president’s command — “special regime of combat duty” — does not conform to any of Russia’s known alert levels.

The United States and its allies have not observed any major changes in the deployment of Russia’s nuclear forces. The meaning of Putin’s order is “not completely clear yet”, a U.S. defense official told journalists.…  Seguir leyendo »

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking. NASA says the International Space Station was at increased risk from orbiting debris following last week's Russian weapons test. On Monday, Nov. 15, Russia used a missile to destroy a satellite in an orbit just above the space station. (NASA/AP)

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Russia tested a ground-based missile last week, destroying a defunct but still-orbiting Soviet satellite, Kosmos-1408. China, the United States and India have conducted similar operations in the past, but this was the first time that Russia undertook a live intercept of this kind.

The Nov. 15 test took the world by surprise. What do we know about it — and what does it mean?

What, exactly, did Russia test?

The Russian military used an existing system, the PL-19 Nudol, to destroy the satellite. While information is sparse and contradictory, experts say Nudol has two alleged roles: as an antisatellite weapon and, more speculatively, as part of a new generation of the established antimissile system defending Moscow.…  Seguir leyendo »