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There are 2,000-plus dead rockets in orbit—here’s a rare view of one
(arstechnica.com)
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Holy crap, that's a huge increase in such a short time. Were there other dumbfuck ASAT tests during this time than that one Russian one?
China, India, USSR, Russia, and the US have tested anti satellite systems. The US last public test was in 2008 and banned future tests in 2022. Russia last tested in 2021. China 2018, India 2019.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon#History_by_country
The alternative to smashing them with a missile is a high altitude nuclear bomb to fry them from the EMP blast without all the debris.
Oh yeah I know about the previous tests but the article specifically said that there's been a 76% increase since 2019. Guess the Indian test might also have played into it, I'd completely forgotten about that one