Possible Air-to-Air Asat Weapon Emerges

A stealthy F-22 Raptor, carrying modified Amraam-derivative missiles, could accelerate into supersonic flight at 60,000 ft., zoom into a steep climb, and threaten almost any satellite in low Earth orbit, says a U.S. Air Force general. The attraction is that a fighter-carried missile, with roughly...

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