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ASAT

Acronym for antisatellite weapon.



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But, he expects it to create an extra 10,000 tennis-ball-sized debris shards - more than triple the number created in the ASAT test.
4) China's January ASAT test was an ascending orbit shot.
This Chinese ASAT mission, which some alarmists have unnecessarily termed "the first step toward a space war", deserves careful analysis both from a general strategic standpoint and, in particular, in relation to the space control aspects involved.
 
 
 
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