Anti Satellite Weapons

Although no asat system has yet been utilised in warfare a few nations have shot down their own satellites to demonstrate their asat capabilities in a show of force only the united states russia china and india.

Anti satellite weapons. Anti satellite weapons deterrence and sino american space relations michael krepon julia ompson editors september 2013. Via the telephone computers and eventually the internet the united states pioneered the use of space based communications for most civil and military. This image shows the plesetsk cosmodrome in northern russia the site of a russian. Anti satellite weapons are useful not only for crippling the ability of military adversaries to operate on the battlefield they also threaten civilian uses of space.

For example beijing is improving upon its direct assent anti satellite weapons johnson noted. A global fixation on anti satellite weapons is arguably the logical end result of the main american project of the late 20th and early 21st century. The bigger concern however is that the use of destructive anti satellite weapons in more typical orbits can create dangerous amounts of persistent space debris that can threaten the secure use. The service had specifically chosen a non kinetic anti satellite weapon in order to avoid having to physically destroy hostile assets in space which would create debris that could pose risks to.

China successfully tested an anti satellite capability in 2007. It s a missile like system launched from the ground into space directly hitting a satellite on orbit she said. Anti satellite weapons overview. Anti satellite weapons asats the following is a brief introduction for the non space weapons expert by a layperson gleaned primarily from university level library and internet resources and will provide a brief history of negotiated treaties describe the early u s.

Several nations possess operational asat systems. The result are attacks that. Space command reports that russia tested a space based anti satellite weapon in orbit on july 15 2020. And russian asat systems describe the current asat systems being developed and describe some of the future asat systems.