The Russian military launched a unique anti-satellite missile.

Russian designers and military have tested a unique domestic missile, which is obviously one of the most secret developments. The missile is designed to destroy spacecraft at heights of several hundred kilometers — no country in the world currently has such weapons, and, apparently, the missile itself is a modernized version of the Dagger aviation missile system, however, it’s called the Petrel ", Although it has nothing to do with a cruise missile with a nuclear power plant.

“At the end of last month, Hendricks wrote a large analytical article in which he gathered together previously appeared facts and information, including photographs, government contracts and test data. He came to the conclusion that Russia is developing an anti-satellite complex as part of the Petrel project. In "Petrel" for the elimination of a satellite target does not use either explosive or warhead strike. In this weapon microsatellite killers are used, which make a maneuver in the direction of their targets in the low orbit of the planet and disable them. Hendrix's evidence is convincing. He shows a photograph that appeared in September the year before last. “Spotter noticed something unusual while observing the activities of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky,” wrote Hendricks. His attention was attracted by the MiG-31BM fighter with a huge black rocket suspended under the fuselage. Photos that were later posted publicly puzzled observers. The missile was too large to be an air-to-air or air-to-surface missile. Nonetheless, the missile was the right size for anti-satellite weapons. " “An analysis of publicly available Russian sources leaves little doubt that the MiG-31BM and the missile are part of an anti-satellite project called“ Petrel ”,” concluded Hendrix. ”, - reports the edition of The National Interest.

It should be clarified that the appearance of the black large missile in the arsenal of the MiG-31 fighter is far from the first, in particular, it was previously assumed that it could be an upgraded version of the X-47M2 missile.

The extent to which such information is true is unknown because of the secrecy of the project itself, however, it is obvious that in the USA they are afraid that Russia will gain full control over American space satellites.