The other thing that has put a brake on too much ASAT exuberance is the large amount of long-lived debris that kinetic ASAT kills create. It wouldn't take many

The other thing that has put a brake on too much ASAT exuberance is the large amount of long-lived debris that kinetic ASAT kills create. It wouldn't take many kinetic ASAT shots before LEO was entirely unuseable for years to come, an outcome which (so far) has been sobering for all concerned.