Antimissile fire from the ground to destroy a satellite, directed energy weapon to blind or neutralize it, approach maneuver to spy on it, scrambling system to cut off signals ... The weapons of space warfare are still, for many of them, in the testing and development phase.
But the race for the mastery of exoatmospheric space (above 100 km altitude) is raging between powers.
Operational superiority is also played out hundreds of kilometers above the ground.
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While the United States maintains a real technological lead, its rivals are redoubling their efforts.
The firing carried out by Russia on Monday against one of its satellites is the latest proof of this.
By successfully destroying a target 500 kilometers above the ground, Moscow has sent a message to its adversaries, as space capabilities govern global economic life and contribute paramountly to military operations.
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