Yooper
Up. Identified. Lase. Fire. On the way.
Not so long ago an esteemed member of this forum made the observation that POTUS was an idiot for pushing SPACECOM.
Turns out there's now bi-partisan support for SPACECOM in Congress with more coming on-board in the wake of this:
Link: "India Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon"
Maybe not such an idiot...? Maybe someone saw past the Service parochialism to push US where we need to be going...?
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Turns out there's now bi-partisan support for SPACECOM in Congress with more coming on-board in the wake of this:
The Indian government announced March 27 it successfully fired a ground-based anti-satellite weapon against a satellite in low Earth orbit, a test that is likely to heighten concerns about space security and orbital debris.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the country's military successfully demonstrated an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon in a test known as "Mission Shakti." In that test, a ground-based missile, a version of an existing ballistic missile interceptor, hit a satellite at an altitude of about 300 kilometers.
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The test, though, could increase concerns about the security of space assets in general. A February report by the Defense Intelligence Agency highlighted efforts by China and Russia to develop ASAT capabilities, including both ground-based missiles and other technologies, although neither country has performed a debris-generating test since China destroyed one of its own satellites with a ground-based missile in 2007, generating a large amount of debris that triggered international criticism.
Link: "India Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon"
Maybe not such an idiot...? Maybe someone saw past the Service parochialism to push US where we need to be going...?
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