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This seems like more than a non-zero risk? I don’t know much about physics or missiles but it seems like debris would be a fairly obvious outcome?
by elliekelly 5y ago
This seems like more than a non-zero risk? I don’t know much about physics or missiles but it seems like debris would be a fairly obvious outcome?
- freeflight 5y agoBeing able to predict and control the trajectories of the resulting debris is something that's quite possible. Particularly if the anti-satellite weapon is designed, and maneuverable enough, to blow a target up into a certain direction.
- chasd00 5y agoThey had to have known a years long debris cloud would be the result of the test. Also, I don't think a nation on earth ever doubted Russia could shoot down a satellite. The whole thing is baffling. Maybe someone got drunk and just hit the button / gave the order?