Russia has shot down a satellite in orbit over the weekend, the U.S. Space Command revealed Monday.
The agency, in a statement provided to Fox News, said it is “aware of a debris-generating event in outer space.
“We are actively working to characterize the debris field and will continue to ensure all space-faring nations have the information necessary to maneuver satellites if impacted,” the statement continued. “We are also in the process of working with the interagency, including the State Department and NASA, concerning these reports and will provide an update in the near future.”
Seradata, which operates a launch and satellite database, reported that the downed satellite belonged to Russia and was targeted in an anti-satellite test.
“The Cosmos 1408 satellite is a retired Tselina-D class electronic intelligence/signals intelligence satellite launched in September 1982 and which has been dead for decades,” it mentioned in a tweet.
Following the test, the Russian Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities said the “orbit of the object, which forced the [International Space Station] crew today to move into spacecraft according to standard procedures, has moved away from the ISS orbit.”
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
Russia’s anti-satellite “test” comes in close proximity to satellite imagery showing that Russia is amassing an estimated 90,000 troops close to its border with Ukraine.
This new information provided by satellite imagery, sparked international concern, including calls from Republicans in the House of Representatives for Joe Biden to send troops to the region.
The timing of Russia shooting down the satellite can easily be construed as a threatening response to the satellite imagery which was evidence of possible preparations of an invasion of Ukraine, which NATO called “aggressive.”
There has also been an outcry against Russia as many in Europe, including Poland’s Prime Minister, have blamed Putin for what is being called a manufactured crisis, as middle eastern migrants have been forced on the polish border through Belarus.
Michael Ryan, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, stated that “these are manufactured events through strategic manipulation over a long period of time to create the conditions in which opportunities to make it even more unstable arise. And some of the tools have proven to be very effective because they do create such an emotional response in Europe — migration being one of them.”
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s administration on Sunday called the Russian president a “puppetmaster” who carefully crafted a crisis that would distract from Russia’s actions.
In Matthew 24, the disciples ask Jesus, “What shall be the sign of thy coming?” Jesus’s response is a detailed description of the condition of the world and what it will look like in the last days before His return. Wars and rumours of wars, nation rising against nation, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, these being the beginning of sorrows.
In Luke 21:25, Jesus says, “There will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth Distress of Nations with Perplexity, the seas and the wave roaring. These things will be greatly increased and primarily take place during the seven-year Tribulation (from which the church is absent). However, with the current global state of turmoil amongst the nations, we can’t help but recognize the distress of nations Jesus describes in Luke 21 and Matthew 24, rising in our world today.
