Anti-Satellite Weapons

U.S., China Urged to Work out Space Security Regime

Greg Schnippel — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:34:45 -0700

China's demonstrated anti-satellite capability makes it critical for Washington to work with Beijing to avoid an arms race in space, a leading U.S. think tank said on Thursday.

The Council on Foreign Relations report, "China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security," urges the next U.S. administration to update policy for "an era where space is a potentially far more contested domain than in the past, with few rules."

U.S. Satellite Shootdown: The Inside Story

Greg Schnippel — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:07:05 -0700

Assessing technological risk is a thorny enough problem here on Earth, even with our experience and our intuition about familiar uncertainties, factors, and processes. But transport the problem into the unearthly venue of outer space, where human experience is limited, and sound assessment becomes astronomically more challenging.

Pentagon wants laser attack warnings for satellites

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:35:01 -0700

USAF Eyes Counter-ASAT System in 2011