Kosmos 1379 (russian: Космос 1379 meaning ''Cosmos 1379'') was a low orbit 'combat' satellite which was used by the Soviet Union on 18 June 1982 as an antisatellite demonstration; an exercise that the United States called a 'seven hour nuclear war'. Kosmos 1379 intercepted and destroyed

Kosmos 1375 Kosmos 1375 (russian: Космос 1375 meaning ''Cosmos 1375'') was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the "anti-satellite weapon" Istrebitel Sputnikov program. It was ...

as a demonstration of Soviet

anti-satellite Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes. Several nations possess operational ASAT systems. Although no ASAT system has been utilised in warfare, a few ...

capability. Rhodes, Richard, ''Arsensals of Folly: The Making of Nuclear Arms Race'', (London: Pocket Books, 2009), 152-154. It was the last satellite to be launched as part of the

Istrebitel Sputnikov Istrebitel Sputnikov, or IS (russian: Истребитель спутников, ИС, meaning "destroyer of satellites"Not to be confounded with "sputnik-istrebitel" ("спутник-истребитель"), "fighter satellite".), was a Soviet ...

programme.

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