Anti-Satellite Weapons

Overview

Space Control Mission Area

Programs

WS-199B Bold Orion

WS-199C High Virgo

WS-199D Alpha Draco

B-58 "Town Hall"

HiHo / Hi-Hoe / NOTS-EV-2 Caleb

Program 706 (SAINT)

Early Spring

Skipper





Program 437

Program 505

Project Spike

Air-Launched Miniature Vehicle (ALMV)



Counter Communications System



Kinetic Energy ASAT [KE-ASAT]

Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser [MIRACL]

High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF)



Targets and Vulnerability

Rapid Attack Identification, Detection and Reporting System (RAIDRS)

Other Resources

• Space Reconnaissance Vulnerability Allen Thomson Space News, October 10-16 1994
• Civil Satellite Vulnerability Allen Thomson Space News, 20-26 February 1995
• Satellite Vulnerability: a post-Cold War issue? Allen Thomson Space Policy (ISSN 0265-9646), 11 (1), February 1995, pp.19-30

• Space Control Architecture - briefing from DOD Space Architect
• Spacecast 2020 RAPID SPACE FORCE RECONSTITUTION (RASFOR)
• Spacecast 2020 Space Modular Systems

• Air Force 2025 Star Tek-Exploiting the Final Frontier: Counterspace Operations in 2025
• Antisatellites and Strategic Stability MARC J. BERKOWITZ Winter 89 Airpower Journal

• Military Is Hoping to Test-Fire Laser Against Satellite by William J. Broad, New York Times September 1, 1997
• Center Issues Summary of Roundtable Discussion on the U.S. Requirement for Space Dominance PRESS RELEASE No. 98-P 16 - 23 January 1998
• 'THE NEED FOR AMERICAN SPACE DOMINANCE' The ANA Hotel - Washington, D.C. - 15 January 1998
• 43 of the Nation's Most Eminent Military Leaders Insist that the U.S. Must Be Able -- and Allowed -- to Dominate Outer Space (No. 98-P 7, 15 January 1998).
• Open Letter to the President
• U.S. weighes sharing satellite laser test data By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES January 2, 1998
• Yeltsin letter reveals anti-satellite weapons By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES November 7, 1997
• "Contracting speeds up ASAT effort" U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, December 1996
• Johnston Island AFB

• Shooting Down a "Star" Program 437, the US Nuclear ASAT System and Present-Day Copycat Killers Clayton K Chun, CADRE paper no. 6 - AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR AEROSPACE DOCTRINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, April 2000 [PDF]