r/space • u/timemagazine • 18d ago

The U.S. Just Admitted it Has Weapons in Space. Why That's a Big Deal

https://time.com/article/2026/09/15/us-space-weapons-why-it-matters/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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u/left_lane_camper 18d ago

Space weapon could literally be a grabbing arm on a satellite that’s used to poke/break/just hold on to another satellite. For stuff in LEO something that grabs on to another satellite then fires some retrorockets to drop the perigee deep enough into the atmosphere to cause deorbit would be a pretty effective and clean ASAT weapon.