The Geopolitics of Spying & Space (with David Ignatius)
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The Anti-Satellite Weapon Works Space to Space
The Chinese demonstrated in 2007 that they could fire a missile from Earth to space and hit precisely one of their own satellites. The problem is that that satellite, which was in low Earth orbit, left a field of debris estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 tiny pieces of debris spinning at enormous speed. Another way that the Chinese or anybody in the United States could disrupt an adversary is by interfering with ground communications with satellites. It's really quite frightening to think that the assets you'd rely on suddenly would be disabled in the time you needed them most.
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