The Russians and the US developed and launched their own versions of an Anti-Satellite Satellite that uses a Neutron Beam Weapon. The Russian one was tested over the US approximately 35 years ago. I know, I watched it. I knew an insider at NATCOMM and they watched it and tracked it. He had a tech journal that had an article about the scientist from Russia who invented the weapon and how he defected to the US and was helping us build one.
Indeed. Anti-satellite weapons are not inherently wrong, IMO. Beam weapons would be the smart choice.
It’s the “smashing into” tactic which I think is understood to be foolish for all. The Chinese, IIRC, exploded a satellite close to another satellite, willfully sending shrapnel out in a wide area, which then destroyed the target satellite, generating yet more shrapnel. I believe this is called Kessler Effect. It can turn into a runaway chain reaction which in effect sows land mines throughout entire orbits. Very bad.
But beam weapons are a lot more reasonable.