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Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by garmaine on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:22PM (#19504194)
There's no way to secretly test these weapons.

To be clear, I'm not objecting to the weapons existence. I'm objecting to the tests, which are potentially worse than above-ground nuclear testing. The kessler syndrome, if realized, would permanently destroy our ability to deploy, access, and use space resources.

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Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by z3phyr on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:04AM (#19509917)
It 300km in low earth orbit. Press briefing said that the debris will re-enter the atmosphere within a week.
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Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by dugluak on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:50PM (#19504532)
How many tests did US conduct since 1950s?
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Re:India successfully shoots down satellite in space by garmaine on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @08:10PM (#19507681)
Anti-satellite weapon tests? Only twice. Once in 1985, which was internationally condemned and widely considered a mistake, and once operationally in 2008 to destroy a failed satellite about to re-enter with a full tank of toxic fuel (the debris from this immediately entered the atmosphere).
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