Space Debris is not a Reason to Reject Anti-Satellite Weapons (2597)
Space debris is an inevitable fact of all space activity and will have to be dealt with in some way. The U.S. can develop methods to mitigate the risks from space debris when disabling target satellites but this should not be an overriding concern.
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Anti-Satellite Space Weapons Increase Space Debris (1160)
The use or testing of space weapons would significantly increase space debris in low-earth orbit which would threaten all space activities and could encase the Earth in a 'debris belt'. For example, the recent Chinese ASAT test created a large cloud of debris that scientists estimate could threaten satellites for the next 20-25 years.
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