Russian and Chinese development of radiofrequency directed energy weapons (RF DEW) for counterspace

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 12 May 2025, 11:59 UTC

Concerns about Chinese and Russian work on ASATs has largely revolved around kinetic weapons or spacecraft that can grapple other satellites. Markos Trichas and Matthew Mowthorpe discuss how that overlooks work on directed energy weapons that appears to be making progress.

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• T2Russian and Chinese development of radiofrequency directed energy weapons (RF DEW) for counterspaceSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review12 May 2025, 11:59