The Russian Ministry of Defense does not have a single operational reconnaissance satellite left in space orbit. On Saturday night, the US-PU electronic reconnaissance apparatus left orbit. Without reconnaissance satellites, the Russian Ministry of Defense will exist at least until the end of June. That’s the price of all the talk about ((http://www.ej.ru/comments/entry/3638/ “miracle weapon”)) - no matter how the generals boast, it’s all just bravado, because without a satellite we simply have nothing We’ll see if someone really is going to deal crushing blows to us.