Kamala Harris announces US will no longer conduct anti-satellite missile tests
The Biden administration is setting the self-imposed ban as part of a goal to make it an 'international norm for responsible behavior in space,' Harris said
The new declaration comes after Russia in November conducted an anti-satellite missile test to destroy its Cosmos-1408 satellite
The explosion generated a cloud of at least 1,500 pieces of trackable debris that threatened the International Space Station
Harris, who chairs the National Space Council, made the announcement during a speech at the Vandenberg Space Force Base
By Morgan Phillips, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 21:14 EDT, 18 April 2022 | Updated: 09:11 EDT, 19 April 2022
The U.S. government will no longer conduct anti-satellite missile tests, making it the first nation to enact such a ban, Vice President Harris announced Monday.
The Biden administration is setting the self-imposed ban as part of a goal to make it an 'international norm for responsible behavior in space,' Harris said.
The new declaration comes after Russia in November conducted an anti-satellite missile test to destroy its Cosmos-1408 satellite, a soviet-era spacecraft that's been in orbit since the 1980s.
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