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Does seem biased to not mention the prior US testing, which destroyed satellite Solwind P78-1 in 1985, leaving debris in orbit for 2 decades. (also suggestive
by pmayrgundter 2y ago
Does seem biased to not mention the prior US testing, which destroyed satellite Solwind P78-1 in 1985, leaving debris in orbit for 2 decades. (also suggestive of secret testing which may have left more)
There's also an earlier Soviet program described in the article, with many space impacts, tho debris extent isn't noted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon#United_S...
- dr_orpheus 2y agoAlso, the US Operation Burnt Frost which shot down a non-functioning NRO satellite in 2008. Luckily this one was in a low orbit and everything decayed within a couple years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Burnt_Frost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Burnt_Frost