Last year, the Biden administration announced a unilateral imposition moratorium on ASAT missile tests that can cause space debris. A Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test in 2007 created a huge field of high-speed orbiting debris that threatens spacecraft, as did a more recent Russian ASAT test. The report warned that additional debris in space could produce a cascading series of collisions of satellites in low-Earth orbit known as the Kessler syndrome, named after astrophysicist Donald J.
Ongoing efforts to establish norms of responsible behavior, improve space domain awareness, and increase resilience are all necessary, but insufficient at deterring our potential adversaries from attacking our space capabilities.” must be prepared to respond in a credible and proportional manner. “ Russia and China have developed counterspace capabilities specifically to attack U.S.
Charles Galbreath, a former command space operator who until recently was deputy chief technology and innovation officer at Space Force headquarters. The report was written by retired Space Force Col.
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