antisatellite

Coats has stated in his report that in the era of global space expansion, some countries, such as Russia and China are seeking to create antisatellite weapons (ASAT) to reduce the military effectiveness of US (and its allies') forces on the ground, Sputnik reported.

The AntiSatellite Capability of the Phased Adaptive Approach Missile Defense System, Federation of American Scientists Public Interest Report, Winter.

Carter also cited US concerns about Chinese and Russian efforts to develop antisatellite weapons that could destroy critical US national security satellites, citing China's 2007 antisatellite test that created over 3,000 pieces of debris.

Early in the movie Gravity, a Russian antisatellite missile test unleashes a cloud of debris that shreds the International Space Station.

With the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in place, the countries should expand negotiations to include cyber and space, by agreeing not to be the first to attack the other's critical computer networks and not to use nuclear or antisatellite weapons against the other.

China's space program is controlled by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which is steadily gaining experience in remote communication and measurement, missile technology, and antisatellite warfare through missions like Chang'e 2.

Both the United States and Soviet Union developed a range of antisatellite missiles during the Cold War.

He specifically opposes a treaty to limit the development of antisatellite weapons.

One subject given "little analysis" by the Pentagon is the threat of Soviet space-based antisatellite weapons that might attack the system.

Air Force antisatellite missile in a test of the ASAT program.

States should refrain from developing and deploying space-based weapons or weapons that target space-based assets, including antisatellite technologies.