Tag: ASAT

Chinese ASAT Missile Test Looms

Researcher: China set to conduct anti-satellite test this month

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Xi Jinping / AP

China’s military is set to conduct a strategic anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test sometime this month, according to a report reaching the United States from China.

China to Shoot at High Frontier

U.S. Intelligence: China to conduct test of more powerful anti-satellite weapon capable of hitting GPS, spy satellites, but after U.S. election

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CASIC's KT space launch vehicle family seen at the 2004 Zhuhai Airshow / RD Fisher

China’s military is set to conduct a test of a new and more capable anti-satellite missile that United States intelligence agencies say can knock out strategic satellites in high-earth orbit, according to U.S. officials.