Russia and the U.S. have used missiles to destroy their own satellites before.
a nuclear weapon into space, possibly to use against satellites, raises key questions about the country's intentions and the potential ramifications of an orbital detonation.
Russia, along with the U.S. and China, has also used missiles to destroy its own satellites before. The U.S. did so in 2008, with a ship-based interceptor missile, and Russia did it in 2021 to take out an aging satellite. The Biden administration has taken a different course. In 2022, the US became the first world power to sign onto a voluntary moratorium on the destructive testing of direct-ascent anti-satellite missile systems.Space experts warn against using missiles to take out satellites because it creates voluminous debris in space that could hurt other key vessels like weather satellites and satellites powering communication networks.
The CSIS assessment noted, too, that a "growing density of space debris" was "an additional cause for concern, and one that is increasingly difficult to mitigate." Russian leadership has also openly threatened to target commercial satellites like those belonging to SpaceX and another company, Maxar Technologies, calling them "legitimate targets."
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