Cold War Weapons | Anti-Satellite Weapons: Episode 1 | RT Documentary

During the Cold War, satellites were developed as American ‘eyes in space’, and their creation soon allowed for the installation of weapons in space. But Soviet engineers were prepared to counter American space installations detecting potential targets for nuclear attacks. The details of some Soviet tests are still classified. Scientists in both countries assumed there'd be a war between two superpowers. What space weapons did they create to protect themselves and destroy the enemy?