In November 2021, Russia destroyed one of their own satellites, Kosmos 1408, using an anti-satellite missile, and were subsequently criticised by the international community for recklessly causing a debris field that will orbit Earth and could endanger the International Space Station. The United States condemned Russia’s actions and the lack of any sort of announcement before launching this anti-satellite missile (or ASAT) at the obsolete satellite. However, multiple nations have conducted similar procedures using ASATs in recent decades, and this is widely seen as more of a political manoeuvre than a military one. Was Russia right to use an ASAT on Kosmos 1408?

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