Analysts Warn Anti-Satellite Weapons Have Evolved Beyond Missiles

Last November, three months before Russian forces would invade Ukraine, Russia launched a Nudol missile interceptor that blew up Cosmos 1408, a defunct Soviet satellite, in the process flinging at least 1,400 bits of debris into low Earth orbit. The weapons test unsubtly demonstrated Russia’s anti-satellite military capabilities, which are comparable to those of China and the United States.

At the same time, Russia had reportedly been jamming GPS satellites, interfering with radio communications to and from spacecraft, thereby disrupting navigation tools the US military and others rely on. These kinds of electronic weapons, which can be deployed effectively against satellites and

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