Anti-Satellite Capability Demonstrated
Credit: U.S. NAVY
Some militaries are showing solid progress in their ability to track, target and destroy an object in space. Case in point: The successful shootdown of a defunct spy satellite heading for reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere by the USS Lake Erie. The action last February by the Ticonderoga-class guided...
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