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All Anti-Satellite and Space-Based Weapons

This group collects the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's anti-satellite and space-based weapons: missiles and systems designed to destroy or disable an orbiting satellite or spacecraft rather than a target on Earth or in the atmosphere. With a single attested member today, this group is deliberately created ahead of its content rather than left as an unreachable single-item listing inside the larger Other Missiles and Guided Munitions catch-all, since anti-satellite weapons are a recognized and growing category of guided munition that a future mint lane is expected to add to.

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All Anti-Satellite and Space-Based Weapons
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1. Wikipedia: Anti-satellite weapon
WikipediaAnti-satellite weapon, History, Soviet Union section
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The Soviet Union first tested the Polyot interceptor in 1963 and successfully tested an orbital anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon in 1968.
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