A clear demonstration of power & a warning to NATO: Russia just successfully tested an anti-satellite missile

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Russia just successfully tested an anti-satellite missile

Russia carried out the first successful flight test of a new anti-satellite missile this month, marking a new phase in the global militarization of space.

The flight test of Russia’s direct ascent anti-satellite missile, known as Nudol, took place Nov. 18, according to defense officials familiar with reports of the test.

It was the first successful test in three attempts, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.03

With the successful anti-satellite missile test, Russia has joined China in arming its forces with strategic space warfare weapons.

Twenty days earlier China conducted a flight test of its anti-satellite missile. The Dong Neng-3 direct ascent missile was tested on Oct. 30 in western China.

A Pentagon spokesman had no immediate comment on the Russian missile test.

Air Force Space Command commander Gen. John Hyten warned this month that both Russia and China are developing space warfare capabilities that threaten critical US satellites.

“They are developing capabilities that concern us,” Hyten said, according to a report in the Colorado Springs Gazette published a day before the test.

Little information is available on the secretive Russian program. However, as with China, the Russian direct ascent missile appears linked to its missile defense programs…..More Here

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