Russia Showing Off, Not Testing, Anti-Satellite Capabilities: Professor

Russia's launch of an anti-satellite missile last month (see 2111160063) was a demo -- not a test -- of its military capabilities, blogged Larry Press, a professor of information systems at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Sunday. The debris from the satellite's destruction won't have cataclysmic effects in orbit, "but it reflects a defiant, irrational attitude that threatens the space commons," he said.