Pro-Kremlin TV just advocated for the most expensive temper tantrum in history. Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent Russia-1 propagandist, demanded Moscow use nuclear weapons in space to destroy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. His reasoning? Ukraine’s internet access is somehow unfair in warfare.
Imagine your Netflix cutting out because someone decided to nuke space over military communications—that’s essentially Russia’s threat.
Nuclear Solutions for Internet Problems
Solovyov’s space strike proposal dismisses collateral damage to Russia’s own satellites.
Solovyov claimed “one nuclear detonation in space” would “solve this problem quite seriously,” referring to Starlink’s role in Ukrainian battlefield coordination. When reminded that nuclear explosions don’t discriminate between enemy and friendly satellites, he joked about reverting to “carrier pigeons” for communications.
Even Russian military expert Lt-Gen Evgeny Buzhinsky warned that “a nuclear explosion in space is not selective—it affects our own [satellites] as well.”
This meltdown followed SpaceX blocking unauthorized Russian use of Starlink on attack drones. Your satellite internet provider just became a military target because it stopped enabling war crimes.
The Real Weapon Russia’s Building
NATO intelligence reveals an “area-effect” anti-satellite weapon targeting Starlink’s orbital altitude.
While Solovyov fantasizes about nuclear space strikes, Russia’s military is developing something more practical and equally dangerous. NATO intelligence from two countries indicates Moscow is building an “area-effect” weapon that scatters dense pellets into Starlink’s 550-kilometer orbital zone. Think shotgun blast, but in space.
This approach would disable multiple satellites simultaneously while creating debris clouds that threaten everything in low-Earth orbit. The International Space Station, China’s Tiangong, and ironically, Russia’s own space assets would all face collision risks.
The weapon differs from traditional anti-satellite missiles by targeting multiple spacecraft through small satellite formations.
Your GPS and Weather Apps Are at Stake
Space warfare escalation threatens everyday digital services beyond military communications.
Russia views Starlink as a legitimate military target since it enables Ukrainian coordination, but orbital debris doesn’t respect national boundaries. Your GPS navigation, weather forecasts, and streaming services all depend on satellite infrastructure operating in increasingly crowded orbital highways.
Dead internet during wartime creates tactical nightmares, but Starlink changed everything for Ukraine’s defense capabilities. Russia’s response—whether through nuclear space strikes or hypersonic missiles—risks turning low-Earth orbit into a debris field that could cripple global satellite communications for decades.
Welcome to warfare where your smart TV becomes collateral damage in geopolitical space tantrums.
