Anti-satellite missiles can be launched from fighter jets and are generally hit-to-kill weapons that destroy satellites by ...

President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China, which has framed ...

Aside from the U.S. Air Force’s anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test in 1985 and the abandoned Star Wars program, treaties like the Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963), the Outer Space Treaty (1967), and ...

W ith technology dominating future warfare, future wars are not limited to Earth but have extended to space. Yes, you read ...

Space travel has changed from government-driven missions to a dynamic, commercially driven frontier over the past 25 years, driven by advancements in technology and the rise of private companies.

No nation ultimately attempted legal action after the 2007 Chinese missile test, but there were words of condemnation from the international community. So far, that’s been the reaction to the ...

BEIJING — China says it carried out a successful ground-based mid-course missile interception test in an apparent sign of progress in its ability to bring down weapons incoming from space. The ...

The United States’ unilateral call to end direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests “conceals evil intention” and aims to “weaken others”, the Chinese military said. US Vice-President ...

While anti-satellite missiles are a major threat, delegates have raised concerns about other potential weapons, too. For example, space systems are vulnerable to electronic and cyberweapons, as ...

A Chinese SC-19 anti-satellite weapon launched from a DF-21 missile destroyed an aging satellite, creating 3,527 pieces of space junk in 2007. At least 2,763 pieces of junk are still in orbit today.

US to ban testing of anti-satellite missiles Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States will no longer test using missiles to destroy satellites in space due to concern over ...

Anti-satellite missile tests by the U.S. in 2008 as well as one by India in 2019 targeted satellites at much lower altitudes, well below the space station at about 260 miles (420 kilometers).