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  • 35 Years Ago, a U.S. F-15 Blasted an Orbiting Satellite to Smithereens

    07/10/2020 12:39:00 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    www.popularmechanics.com ^ | Jul 8, 2020 | By Kyle Mizokami
    The amazing feat only happened once. In 1985, a F-15A Eagle fitted with a classified missile shot down an aging weather satellite. The test of the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) was considered a huge success. Task & Purpose has published a rare interview with the pilot who flew the mission 35 years ago. ============================================================================================== One of the most remarkable feats of military engineering during the Cold War was the shootdown of an actual satellite by a fighter jet. The incident was the first and only use of the AGM-135 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. Although anti-satellite weapon development slowed after the end of the...