anti satellite - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive Discover the Truth Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:56:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-siteicon-2-150x150.jpg anti satellite - The Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive 32 32 87123917 Anti-Satellite Weapons https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/anti-satellite-weapons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anti-satellite-weapons Wed, 04 Mar 2015 03:27:05 +0000 http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/?p=1336 Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United States, the former USSR (now Russia) and the People’s Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons. On September 13, 1985, the United States destroyed US satellite P78-1 using an ASM-135 ASAT anti-satellite [...]

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]]> Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United States, the former USSR (now Russia) and the People’s Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons. On September 13, 1985, the United States destroyed US satellite P78-1 using an ASM-135 ASAT anti-satellite missile and malfunctioning US spy satellite USA-193 using a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 on February 21, 2008. On January 11, 2007, China destroyed an old Chinese orbiting weather satellite.

Further Comments on the Feasibility of Airlaunched Anti-Satellite Weapon Systems [15 Pages, 2.23mb]

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