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44 News Notes 70 Space Survivability-Time to Get Serious 13 Optical Diagnostics for Ballistic Aircraft Survivability Testing
2008
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It is time to get serious about space survivability. China's recent actions have demonstrated their anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities, marking a turning point in how the United States should view space. In August 2006, China "painted" or illuminated American intelligence satellites flying over its territory using ground-based high-power lasers. The Chinese were either trying to blind the spacecraft with their laser or testing whether their laser could guide a direct ascent kinetic energy ASAT.
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