'Soft-kill' ASAT would use UV-sensitive spray to blind spacecraft.
'SOFT KILL': U.S. Army researchers are developing concepts for a "soft- kill" anti-satellite weapon that would spray a UV-sensitive material on a spacecraft to knock it out without destroying it. The material could blind a spysat or other remote sensing platform by coating its optics, or it could...
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