While the importance of information and intelligence in the world continues to increase day by day, states continue to develop different war methods in order to gain superiority in case of a possible war. Among these methods discussed by the world, there are systems that will ensure the destruction of orbiting satellites from land.
Especially the satellite destruction experiment carried out by Russia last November caused a great concern about space. While the satellite, which was destroyed after the experiment, broke into thousands of small pieces, these pieces posed a danger to the International Space Station and caused the astronauts to enter the bunker. Today, an unexpected and surprising statement came from the USA about satellite tests.
USA bans anti-satellite missile tests
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in a statement today, said in a statement that the USA’s ‘direct-delivery anti-aircraft announced that it will ban ASAT missile tests. “These tests are dangerous and we will not do them,” Harris said at Vandenberg Air Force Base. she said.
Harris made a call to other countries with this statement. The USA, which banned all tests within its own body, thus showed that it wanted to trigger an international movement. In his statement, Harris stated that this ban was introduced to help develop “new norms for responsible behavior in space.” She also shared that ending ASAT testing should be part of “a shared understanding of what constitutes safe and responsible space activities,” she said.
It is not yet known whether giant countries such as Russia and China will join the USA.
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