ASATS

AcronymDefinition
ASATSAmerican Samoa Assistive Technology Service Project
ASATSActive Safety and Training Solutions (est. 2001; UK)
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While people who favor nuclear arms control are generally aware of the threat posed by ASATs, they should be informed of the Administration's arguments in favor of them and the array of expert views in opposition.
What you should know about ASATs: star wars' opening gun
There are several varieties of ASAT weapons, such as direct-ascent, co-orbital, non-kinetic, jamming and cyber, Elleman and Toyoma explained.
WOULD SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTORS SPARK A NEW ARMS RACE?
In recent years, it has demonstrated the next-generation A-235 ABM system that defends Moscow and conducted multiple flight tests of the new Nudol ground-launched, direct-ascent intercept system that is thought to be focused on ASAT missions.
Why the chances of conflict in outer space are going up
(39) Under these two dangerous ambiguities, China could reason that space stalkers would be the best type of ASATs to present the United States with two bad choices.
Space Arms Control: A Hybrid Approach
orbit without the limitations of ground based ASATs that require the
WAR ON THE FINAL FRONTIER: CAN TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPACE LAW COMBAT TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WARFARE?
The proliferation of ASATs, horizontal and vertical, was rather limited both throughout the Cold War period and in the following two decades.
Still all quiet on the orbital front? The slow proliferation of anti-satellite weapons/Na orbitalni fronte stale klid? Pomala proliferace protisatelitnich zbrani
favors them over kinetic ASATS, (64) and Russia, China, Germany, and the United Kingdom likely have DEW capabilities as well.
Deciphering and defending the European Union's non-binding code of conduct for outer space activities
At the same time, these assets have become increasingly vulnerable to attack, as demonstrated by China's successful antisatellite (ASAT) missile test in 2007.
Examining space warfare: scenarios, risks, and US Policy implications
Such a system would be able to shoot down not only ballistic missiles, but ASATs as well as orbiting satellites and spacecraft.
Should the U.S. weaponize space? (National Affairs)
To address this ASAT imbalance, Rankine announced earlierthis month that the Department of Defense (DOD) has restructured its ASAT-development program and requested that Congress rescind its ban on the testing of ASAT components against objects in space.
DOD wants to boost ASAT program
The ranks of military professionals who are skeptical about the ASAT plan's desirability include officers whose pet projects would benefit directly from a crash development program.
The ASAT 'stick.' (military officers oppose antisatellite weapons) (editorial)
States could not agree on how to confront the ongoing development of ASATs, the dual uses of anti-ballistic missile systems, and the potential deployment of ABMs in outer space.
Divisions on outer space security
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