Putin’s much-feared ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missile failed 4 out of 5 tests

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Putin's Much-Feared 'Satan 2' Nuclear Missile Failed 4 Out of 5 Tests
newsweek.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered an emabarassing setback as his feared Satan 2 nuclear arsenal failed four out of five missile tests, according to arms experts and satellite imagery from the launch site.

High-resolution satellite images of the launch pad at Russia's Plesetsk test site, where the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile exploded, shows extensive damage.

A crater approximately 60 meters wide at the launch silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, along with visible damage in the surrounding area that was not present in images taken earlier in the month.

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ok slightly unrelated but the satellite pictures have an insane resolution for having been taken from, you know, space

The pics

Just imagine what the government has if that's what's available commercially to the public

We know from Trump's heedless shitposting that they can get the theoretical maximum resolution out of whatever aperture they have. For the US ones with the Hubble-clone mirrors that means not quite enough to recognise a face.

still scary AF

IMO it's one of the least worst forms of surveillance. Keyhole 69420 might be able to see you're outside, but the NSA sees everything you put in Google, especially the embarrassing things.

for one thing, it's mostly just lensing, and for another, it's also partially due to the atmosphere of the earth actually working in tandem with the lensing of the satellites themselves. Dont ask me how it works but from what i understand, seeing out from earth is harder, but seeing in from space is easy. Something to do with the way that light refraction in the atmosphere works or something.

the weirdest thing about telescopes (essentially what these are), is that you can just put a hole in them, and they'll still work just fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_J._Smith_Telescope#Vandalism_damage