Tag: anti-satellite weapons
Musk warns an armed Starlink invites Russian anti-satellite strikes
The SpaceX chief says keeping Starlink civilian is a debris-risk calculation, and he is making it as Russia's ability to…
Germany opens a market hunt for lasers that can blind satellites
Berlin's space agency is asking industry what ground-based lasers could dazzle or damage satellites from low orbit to geostationary altitude.
Zone-effect anti-satellite weapons test the space treaty’s WMD ban
Legal scholars are asking whether Russia's pellet-scattering anti-satellite weapon breaks the Outer Space Treaty's ban on weapons of mass destruction.
Think tank calls debris-making ASAT tests a losing trade
FAS analysis argues debris-creating anti-satellite tests offer little military value and should be banned.
Space warfare’s new rules emerge from Ukraine and the Iran conflict
A former US arms control official distills the space lessons of Ukraine and the 2026 Iran conflict.