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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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