USAF F-15 Eagle launching an ASM 135 ASAT anti-satellite missile (1985)
USAF F-15 Eagle launching an ASM 135 ASAT anti-satellite missile (1985)
https://www.whiteeagleaerospace.com/historic-asat-test-3/
Twenty-nine years ago this week, the USAF/LTV ASM-135 anti-satellite missile successfully intercepted a target satellite orbiting 300 nautical miles above the Earth. The test was the first and only time that an aircraft-launched missile successfully engaged and destroyed an orbiting spacecraft.
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I didn’t even know they made anti-satellite missiles.
Oh yea, China demonstrated theirs only a few years ago.
It's not exactly something anyone really wants to have to use, it's more of a deterrent against using satellites as weapons.