The U.S. media suspects China and India...
mi) -- was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling at a speed of 8 km/second in the opposite direction.Although the exact name of the missile is not known, sources mentioned a KT-1/SC-19 system described as being based on a modified DF-21 medium-range ballistic missile or its commercial derivative, the KT-2, with a kinetic kill vehicle mounted. The 11-meter DF-21 missile weighs 15 metric tons.
The above referenced kinetic kill vehicle destroyed the satellite with a direct hit.
China thus became the second nation in history to conduct practical anti-satellite system tests.
On September 13, 1985, the United States destroyed U.S. satellite P78-1 using an ASM-135 ASAT anti-satellite missile launched from an F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter. A malfunctioning U.S. spy satellite USA-193 was destroyed by a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 on February 21, 2008.
The Chinese anti-satellite weapons test highlighted Beijing"s ability to fight a space
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