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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

to shoot one down is expensive and creates space debris, but

a few countries (China, India, Russia, and the United States) have successfully shot down their own satellites to demonstrate their ASAT capabilities in a show of force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon

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