Advanced Space Weapons are not Technologically Feasible (1328) Crude ASATs like the recent (January 2007) Chinese direct-ascent test are certainly possible, but many of the proposed ASAT technologies advanced by missile defense and space weapon proponents have been proposed for decades without results. In the current military and political environment, development would likely take decades before deployment.
Crude ASATs like the recent (January 2007) Chinese direct-ascent test are certainly possible, but many of the proposed ASAT technologies advanced by missile defense and space weapon proponents have been proposed for decades without results. In the current military and political environment, development would likely take decades before deployment.