The recent anti-satellite weapon test by India - in which that nation destroyed one of its own satellites and created additional orbital debris - is another unfortunate example of aggressive behaviour in outer space. Here, the author ...
... types of space weapons, the first a type of kinetic weapon which is a DA-ASAT system capable of destroying satellites in LEO and believed to have been tested multiple times. If this weapon is tested on an actual satellite or used operationally...
... select nations this week as the country conducted its first anti-satellite missile test and successfully obliterated a low earth orbit satellite in space. Codenamed “Mission Shakti,” the test now means that India has become the fourth nation...