Anti-satellite weapon

An artist's impression of a futuristic anti-satellite weapon capable of destroying satellites using its "circular saw" extensions.

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons created to destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes. They are launched into space to destroy satellites, typically using the collision alone instead of a bomb inside the weapon. Few counties such as India, Russia, China, and the United States have successfully shot down their own satellites.

References

  1. ↑ Friedman, Norman (1989). The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems. The Naval Institute Guide To... Series. Naval Institute Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780870217937. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020. That distinction in turn should help differentiate naval ASAT, as a tactical operation, from strategic-warning ASAT [...].
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