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Space companies say ASAT tests threaten economic development (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Kessler syndrome is pretty unlikely on it's own, but I could definitely see it being accidentally triggered by an asat test or series of tests, or even intentionally for a WWIII scenario to deny comms.