China ‘Shot Self in Foot’ With Asat Test, Expert Says

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China’s leaders miscalculated the international reaction to the country’s antisatellite (Asat) weapon test last year, and likely regret that they let their research-and-development bureaucracy carry it out, says a top U.S. expert on the Chinese space program. “The Chinese took very careful aim and...

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