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Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical [1] purposes. Although no ASAT system has yet [update] been utilized in warfare , a few countries ( China , India , Russia , and the United States ) have successfully shot down their own satellites to demonstrate [ 2 ] their ...
Starting in the late 1950s, the United States began development of anti-satellite weapons. The first US anti-satellite weapon was the Bold Orion Weapon System 199B (also the High Virgo missile, Weapon System 199C, attempted to conduct an ASAT test but failed to intercept its target; High Virgo's test was a few weeks before Bold Orion's).
Anti-satellite missiles — guided missiles used as space weapons; Pages in category "Anti-satellite missiles" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 ...
With a planned range of 600 km (370 mi) for anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and 500 km (310 mi) for air defense, [25] the S-500 was envisaged to be able to detect and simultaneously engage up to 10 ballistic hypersonic targets flying at up to a maximum of 7 km/s (4.3 mi/s). [26]
On 11 January 2007, China conducted an anti-satellite missile test. A Chinese weather satellite—the FY-1C (COSPAR 1999-025A) polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of 865 kilometres (537 mi), with a mass of 750 kilograms (1,650 lb) [1] —was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling with a speed of 8 km/s (18,000 mph) in the opposite direction [2] (see Head-on ...
The Bastion system uses the P-800 Oniks/Yakhont supersonic anti-ship missile, primarily used to attack targets on land and sea, has an attack range of 300 km, and can be used to protect a coastline of over 600 km. [100] During a 2014 visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng to India, the Indian government under Prime Minister ...
The 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test was conducted by China on January 11, 2007. A Chinese weather satellite —the FY-1C polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of 865 kilometres (537 mi), with a mass of 750 kg [ 23 ] —was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling with a speed of 8 km/s in the opposite ...
Testing of the DN-3 has primarily occurred at the Korla Missile Test Complex. [3]A 2010 midcourse defense test was most likely a test of the DF-3. [1]In 2015 the DN-3’s anti-satellite capabilities are believed to have been tested.