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Re:India test its first anti-satellite missile system by sanatgersappa on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:26AM (#19509744)
As per this report, it was a "kinetic kill", which means no explosives were used - the satellite was slammed into

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mission-shakti-asa...

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Re:India test its first anti-satellite missile system by kuzehanka on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:43AM (#19510142)
And what do you think happens when two objects slam into each other at orbital speeds? The entire premise of an ablation cascade is a series of kinetic collisions.
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