U.S. will not conduct direct ascent anti-satellite missile tests, Harris says By Nandita Bose and Joey Roulette April 19, 2022 1:07 AM UTC Updated April 19, 2022 ...

This is why the administration’s admirable announcement to unilaterally ban the testing of direct-ascent, anti-satellite missiles must not constrain the development and fielding of U.S ...

Space Command said the direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tested is a kinetic weapon capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit. A similar anti-satellite missile test by India in March 2019 ...

The Russian military “recklessly conducted” a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test, which successfully hit a Russian satellite that had been in orbit for nearly 40 years, State Department ...

Largely in response to Russia's destruction of Cosmos 1408, the United States in April said that it would ban the practice of such direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests.

Yesterday (April 15), Russia conducted a test of its direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile system, which is designed to destroy satellites in low Earth orbit.

Last year Russia demonstrated a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile on one of its old satellites in orbit, blasting it to smithereens. Since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion into Ukraine, ...

Five nations have now committed to not performing destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite tests: the United States, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, and Canada. Follow Brett on Twitter at @bretttingley .

On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had destroyed one of its old ...

Back in April, I announced the United States will not conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests, and I called on other nations to join us. Today, ...