Analysis of Developments in the Space Domain
constellation in orbit. China has 320+ satellites (~105 military).
57 Earth-observation satellites and only three communication satellites.
Russia is focusing its military space capabilities on following: 1) jamming and radio intelligence;
2) sustainability of its command, control and communication systems; and 3) offensive capabilities against ground-based space infrastructure.
02 November 2020: Second MiG-31BM with tail number 82 was pictured carrying the black “293” rocket. The 293 rocket has been associated with the Burevestnik Russian Air Launched Anti- Satellite system.
Yevgeny Polyakov, was quoted as saying by the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Zvezda TV channel that a new missile was being developed for the MiG-31BM “capable of destroying targets in near-space.”
If Burevestnik is indeed a space-based ASAT system, it would be only one of several ASAT projects that Russia is currently believed to be working on. These include ground-based and air-based direct-ascent systems as well as ground-based electronic jamming systems.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the merger “makes it possible […] to concentrate in a single command all responsibility for formulating military and technical policy for the development of troops dealing with tasks in the aerospace theater and […] to raise the efficiency of their use through closer integration.”
