Polyus – Soviet military anti-satellite system

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Here's an article about Polyus from Smithsonian Air & Space:

http://www.airspacemag.com/space/soviet-star-wars-8758185/

This wasn't the only Soviet weapon in space. The space station Salyut 3 had an 23mm autocannon strapped to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_3#On-board_gun

Not to mention the combination rifle/machete that Soyuz cosmonauts carried in their survival kit!

http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/soysurvive.html

Goldeneye

For possibly a better overview than Wikipedia, here's the Encyclopedia Astronautica entry on the Polyus program:

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/polyus.htm

Thank you. I did not know this site. There goes the evening. ;)

OT: Coincidentally I had a Laundry dream last night.

"I had a Laundry dream"

A case of a green nightmare?

That wasn't a dream. As we move closer to the CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN configuration, natural Sensitives will find themselves drawn to installations with high levels of occult activity.

Of course, this represents a national security threat, so we've determined your location using a traceroute-on-steroids that Bob whipped up for us. The Plumbers are en route. If you have any especially nice rugs that you'd like to bequeath to a family member or friend, please make sure you're not standing on them about 3 minutes from now.

I see what you did there...

Warning: this site is known to have some annoying errors.

Thanks! We changed the URL from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft). It's always nicer to have a domain-specific site. Bonus points for obscurity.

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