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ASAT Weapon Prohibition Proposals Would Face Hurdles

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

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ASAT Weapon Prohibition Proposals Would Face Hurdles

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Proposals to ban anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons would face hurdles in becoming U.S. policy, according to a DoD official's testimony on May 5th before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic panel and the House Foreign Affairs Committee's international development panel on Creating a Framework for Rules Based Order in Space. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, broached the question of whether…

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