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>>hnburn+(OP)
At some point in the future, will there be wars fought in LEO? Seems like a cold war already.

>>lazyfa+tC1
I believe the US and China (and Russia according to the Wendover video [1]) already have anti-satellite weapons to be used in a conflict, but they aren't like "blow this up" because of space debris. I'm not exactly sure how they work, but they aren't what we expect with terrestrial weapons.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0DmliiUFHk

>>atonse+eD1
Didnt russia cause a lot of debris due to one of their tests and endanger the ISS crew ?

>>mgoetz+JE1
Their test was in a low-ish orbit so most of the debris is gone now.

I haven't looked at stats lately but I'd guess the #1 source of debris in space right now is still the Chinese ASAT test which threw a bunch of crap into Medium Earth Orbit. Before that, the main source of debris was leaking coolant from some nuclear reactors the Soviet sent up