UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space

Re:UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space by sgift on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:14PM (#23932330)

You're comparing a theoretical idea (though it is a popular trope in near future science fiction) with an actual test of an existing system. I can also dream up many space weapons, that doesn't make it equivalent to building and using one.

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Re:UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space by YarickR2 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:36PM (#23932565)

Yet US built and used exactly the system described in an article - space shuttle, capable to maneuver in orbit and work on satellites

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Re:UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space by hnmonkey on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:28PM (#23933331)

But the article doesn't actually say that at all... It explicitly says the US didn't build such a capability in space.

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