I ask this question because this spy satellite photo is rather ominous in the light of the fact that the U.S. Military planned to arm their "spy" satellites with lasers. The United States military shot down the N-1 in order to prevent parity.
The Soviets never matched the Americans in going to the moon because the U.S. Military shot down their moonshots with lasers. This was done because taking the high ground has always been paramount in the history of warfare. It is the reason why the Greeks built their cities on tall hills known as acropolis'. It is the reason why air power became paramount during World War 2. So during the Cold War the U.S. Military using the cloak of NASA built a weaponized space capability.
SOURCES:
Targ, Russell. Do You See What I See?: Lasers And Love, ESP And The CIA, And The Meaning Of Life. 1st ed., Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2010, pp. 98-99.
http://thearea51blog.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-miracle-light-beam-from-mechanix.html
05 April 2026
I realize now that diffusion would make this impossible from space LEO. If it was taken out by a laser. It would need a platform that could get much closer to rocket. I think that the complexity of the rocket caused the explosion. It was a poor design. SpaceX's BFR has a similar design and has encountered similar failures as the N-1 rocket.
