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This was one of the biggest ( literally) attempts at creating an orbital weapons platform . What's more-
It was multi-role . From nuclear mines to orbital cannon, it had it all . Only problem- it never made it to space . Though the Energia launcher worked well enough , Polyus did an about turn and came crashing back to Earth . Here's something on one of those fascinating cold war conceptions.
Images from here
http://www.buran.ru/htm/cargo.htm
This was one of the biggest ( literally) attempts at creating an orbital weapons platform . What's more-
It was multi-role . From nuclear mines to orbital cannon, it had it all . Only problem- it never made it to space . Though the Energia launcher worked well enough , Polyus did an about turn and came crashing back to Earth . Here's something on one of those fascinating cold war conceptions.
Images from here
http://www.buran.ru/htm/cargo.htm