Italian General Warns Of Hybrid ASAT Threat

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Italy worries some of its satellites, such as Iride, could be lost in space attacks.

Credit: Argotec
AMSTERDAM—Defense planners need to recognize that kinetic anti-satellite (ASAT) threats can come in different forms, including in a hybrid guise that may be hard to pinpoint as a direct attack, a senior Italian military space official warns. “We have to think also about kinetic fake incidents that...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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