[Link] Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Draws Widespread Condemnation

Read: 17/11/2021 hackaday.com

On the morning of November 15, a Russian missile destroyed a satellite in orbit above Earth.

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[Link] China Denies Secretly Testing a Missile That Could Drop Nukes at Any Point in the World

Read: 18/10/2021 www.vice.com

On July 19, China announced its 77th launch of the Long March 2C rocket, carrying three satellite sensors to orbit. The next month, the same rocket was used to put three telecommunications satellites in space. What happened next confounded observers. China said the second launch, on Aug.

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[Link] The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon — with no fallout

Read: 25/5/2021 www.businessinsider.com

The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed in or used from Earth's orbit.

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