It's worth noting that Russia is not the only country that has done this. The US, China, and India have all blown up a satellite with a rocket from Earth. Her

It's worth noting that Russia is not the only country that has done this. The US, China, and India have all blown up a satellite with a rocket from Earth. Here a couple of Wall Street journal commentary (AKA opinion) pieces on the topic. They all talk about different aspects of it, the first being probably the most interesting around your point of view. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-space-treaty-to-stop-debris-antisatellite-junk-orbit-kessler-syndrome-russia-weapon-11637074865 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-space-treaty-to-stop-debris-a... https://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putins-space-front-russia-anti-satellite-test-military-11637103868 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putins-space-front-rus... https://www.wsj.com/articles/space-armageddon-and-putins-threats-to-ukraine-russia-antisatellite-weapon-11637183651 https://www.wsj.com/articles/space-armageddon-and-putins-thr... As always, you can plug these into http://archive.is http://archive.is to bypass the paywall.