US Vice President Kamala Harris announced that all anti-satellite missile tests in the country were banned. Harris invited all countries to be responsible for this.
While the importance of information and intelligence in the world continues to increase day by day, states continue to develop different warfare methods in order to gain superiority in the event of a possible war. Among these methods discussed by the world, systems to destroy orbiting satellites from land is located.
Especially the satellite destruction experiment carried out by Russia last November caused a great concern about space. The satellite, which was destroyed after the experiment, broke up into thousands of small pieces. Threatened the International Space Stationcaused the astronauts to enter the bunker. Today, an unexpected and surprising statement came from the USA about satellite tests.
US bans anti-satellite missile tests
US Vice President Kamala Harris, in a statement today, said that the US has completed the tests of the ‘direct-eject anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles that caused the orbital wreckage. will ban announced. Harris said in a statement at Vandenberg Air Force Base, “These tests are dangerous and we will not do them.” he said.
With this statement, Harris also made a call to other countries. The USA, which banned all tests within its own body, thus showed that it wanted to trigger an international movement. Harris said in his statement that this ban “new norms for responsible behavior in spaceHe stated that he was brought in to assist in its development. He also shared that ending ASAT testing should be part of “a shared understanding of what constitutes safe and responsible space activities.”
It is not yet known whether giant countries such as Russia and China will join the United States.
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