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Anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) are weapons designed to be used against artificial satellites.
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- Military Plans New Methods Of Stopping Spy Satellites -- New York Times -- March 4, 1997
- Military Plans New Methods of Stopping Spy Satellites -- New York Times -- March 4, 1997
- War In Space: Can Pentagon Defend The Ultimate High Ground? -- U.S. News and World Report -- November 8, 1999
- Pentagon Conducting Tests To Determine Satellite Vulnerability -- Associated Press -- January 5, 2000
- China Eyes Anti-Satellite System -- Spacedaily -- January 8, 2000
- Star Warriors Eye Space-Based Laser Experiment -- Space.com -- April 7, 2000
- Senate Adds Millions For ASAT, Space Laser -- Space.com -- May 18, 2000
- Air Force Space Command Plans Warfare -- Associated Press -- June 21, 2001
- US Needs To Have Capability To Shoot Down Satellites -- Spacedaily -- August 1, 2001
- Air Force's Chief Backs Space Arms -- Washington Post -- August 2, 2001
- Space Weapons For Earth Wars -- Space.com -- May 15, 2002
- Will Military Operations Litter Space With Junk? -- Popular Science -- September 1, 2002
- International Reactions To United States Military Plans In Outer Space: The Case Of The People's Republic Of China -- Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) -- February 19, 2003
- Military Space: Securing The High Ground -- Space.com -- April 2, 2003
- U.S. 'negation' Policy In Space Raises Concerns Abroad -- EE Times -- May 22, 2003
- China's Space Warfare Tactics Aimed At U.S. Supremacy -- Space.com -- August 1, 2003
- Shooting Stars: U.S. Military Takes First Step Towards Weapons In Space -- ABC News -- March 30, 2004
- Dark Matter -- Moscow Times -- April 9, 2004
- The War Of Words Over War In Space -- MSNBC News -- April 16, 2004
- U.S. deploys weapon to attack satellites -- Rocky Mountain News -- October 1, 2004
- All's Fair in Space War -- Wired News -- October 1, 2004
- Bush Policy Would Start Arms Race in Space -- Cleveland Plain Dealer -- May 25, 2005
- U.S. Defense Report: China Working on Anti-Satellite Systems -- Space.com -- July 27, 2005
- Air Force Satellite Shows Off Rendezvous Skills -- Space.com -- September 12, 2005
- ANGELS to watch over US air force satellites -- New Scientist -- August 4, 2006
- Mysterious microsatellites in GEO: is MiTEx a possible anti-satellite capability demonstration? -- The Space Review -- August 8, 2006
- Pentagon's satellite-saving plan could backfire -- New Scientist -- August 15, 2006
- Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon -- Aviation Week and Space Technology -- January 17, 2007
- Analysis: Space war debate takes new turn -- MSNBC News -- January 18, 2007
- Japan expresses concern over China test, demands explanation -- International Herald Tribune -- January 19, 2007
- China Criticized for Anti-Satellite Missile Test -- Washington Post -- January 19, 2007
- China Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon, Unnerving U.S. -- New York Times -- January 19, 2007
- Chinese missile strikes satellite -- Los Angeles Times -- January 19, 2007
- White House Confirms Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon Test -- Space.com -- January 19, 2007
- China Test Sparks Space Arms Fears -- BBC News -- January 19, 2007
- China's Anti-Satellite Test Widely Criticized, U.S. Says No New Treaties Needed -- Space.com -- January 19, 2007
- Anti-satellite Weapon Used Simple Technology -- New Scientist -- January 21, 2007
- Sticky airbags and grapples: kinetic ASATs without the debris -- The Space Review -- January 22, 2007
- China Confirms Test of Anti-Satellite Weapon -- New York Times -- January 23, 2007
- Crossing the Rubicon in Space Again: Iacta Alea est -- George C. Marshall Institute -- January 23, 2007
- Letter: Regarding "sticky airbags" -- The Space Review -- January 29, 2007
- U.S. favors stealthy anti-satellite strategy -- MSNBC News -- April 11, 2007
- Satellite Destruction Using Google Earth And Orbitron -- Information Week -- June 22, 2007
- Space Defense Program Gets Extra Funding -- Washington Post -- November 12, 2007
- Satellite downing shows US arsenal -- Boston Globe -- February 22, 2008
- Congress Could Push Space Security Strategy -- Aviation Week and Space Technology -- March 31, 2008
- Air Force in No Rush for U.S. Antisatellite Weapons -- Global Security Newswire -- April 1, 2008
- Did 'naive engineers' spur China's anti-satellite test? -- New Scientist -- May 7, 2008
- China's BX-1 Microsatellite: A Litmus Test for Space Weaponization -- The Space Review -- October 20, 2008
- India Developing Anti-Satellite Spacecraft -- Space.com -- January 11, 2010
- Iran — Infused With Their Own Orbital Potential -- SatNews.com -- February 16, 2010
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Deters, Angela, Jing-dong Yuan et al. China's Space Capabilities and the Strategic Logic of Anti-Satellite Weapons. Monterey, CA: Center for Nonproliferation Studies, July 22, 2002. [ 5 quotes ]
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Hafner, Donald L. "Averting a Brobdingnagian Skeet Shoot: Arms Control." International Security. Vol. 5, No. 3 (Winter 1980/81): 41-60.
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Wright, David and Gregory Kulacki. A Military Intelligence Failure? The Case of the Parasite Satellite. Washington, D.C.: Union of Concerned Scientists, August 16, 2004.
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Forden, Geoffrey. "After China's Test: Time For a Limited Ban on Anti-Satellite Weapons." Arms Control Today. Vol. 37, No. 3 (April 2007). [ 7 quotes ]