Hey space geeks - what's your take on the news from ISRO about exploding a satellite in LEO?
Disregarding debris field, there are several reasons ASAT has been dropped from US strategy, chiefly being that it's actually really easy to avoid an incoming missile with a minor plane change maneuver. You'd also need a really good reason to attack such a satellite to start..
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Every time such a test was done it was against either a defunct or fully controlled satellite with an extremely well known orbit. This wouldn't be the case when attacking an "enemy" satellite, so they'd be able to defend rather easily.
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