Will China's anti-satellite missile (DN-2) attack INDIA?
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19, Oct
Breaking News!
U.S. Intelligence: China to conduct test of more powerful anti-satellite weapon (DN-2) capable of hitting GPS, spy satellites, strategic satellites in high-earth orbit.
The missile is described by intelligence agencies as a high-earth orbit interceptor designed to destroy satellites by ramming them at high speeds. The intelligence reports called the new missile a strategically significant counterspace weapon, said the officials familiar with the reports.
Chinas last ASAT test in 2007 destroyed a low-earth orbit weather satellite about 558 miles in space, causing an orbiting debris field of tens of thousands of pieces of metal.
U.S. Global Positioning System satellites, used for both navigation and precision missile guidance, are located in medium-earth orbit, or about 12,000 miles, and thus would be vulnerable to the new DN-2.
U.S. Intelligence: China to conduct test of more powerful anti-satellite weapon capable of hitting GPS, spy satellites
U.S. lagging in counterspace. DN-2 ASATs derived from the KT-2 and KT-2A space launch vehicles have the potential to reach high earth orbits used by many strategic U.S. surveillance, communication, and navigation satellites
Will Chinese's advanced New Weapon DN-2 attack India Satellites too?