Russians reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser – an expert explains the technology
- Written by Iain Boyd, Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
A powerful enough laser beam could blind spy satellites.MuthuKutty/Wikimedia, CC BY-SARussia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations’ spy satellites by flooding them...