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Then there are the rumors that they were testing a laser by tracking the space shuttles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra-3 Sally Ride, at a talk I went to a million years ago, was asked about it and gave a hilariously joking answer and flat out denial that they had any issues related to Soviet lasers. It was along the lines of "if we were the first crew targeted by a laser like that, we'd all brag about it an bring it up in every conversation."
Yeah. Not sure about that one. David Hoffman in Dead Hand argued that the laser complex at Sary Shagan was decades from functional. It made the news when they dazzled the shuttle, though - although I can't find any reference to it other than unreferenced wikipedia articles.