Editing Missile (section)

====Anti-satellite====
{{Main|Anti-satellite weapon}}
An anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) is a [[space weapon]] designed to incapacitate or destroy [[satellite]]s for [[strategic military|strategic]] or [[Military tactics|tactical]] purposes.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Friedman|first1=Norman|title=The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems|year=1989|publisher=Naval Institute Press|page=244|isbn=9-780-8702-1793-7}}</ref> Although no ASAT system has {{as of|2023|alt=yet}} been utilized in [[warfare]], a few countries have successfully shot down their own satellites to demonstrate their ASAT capabilities in a [[show of force]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hitchens|first=Theresa|title=Indian ASAT Debris Threatens All LEO Sats: Update|url=https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/indian-asat-debris-threatens-all-leo-sats/|access-date=6 January 2021|work=Breaking Defense|date=5 April 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109041323/https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/indian-asat-debris-threatens-all-leo-sats/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Strout|first=Nathan|date=16 December 2020|title=Space Command calls out another Russian anti-satellite weapon test|url=https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/12/16/space-command-calls-out-another-russian-anti-satellite-weapon-test/|access-date=6 January 2021|work=C4ISRNET|language=en-US|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109000347/https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/12/16/space-command-calls-out-another-russian-anti-satellite-weapon-test/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia conducts space-based anti-satellite weapons test|url=https://www.spacecom.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2285098/russia-conducts-space-based-anti-satellite-weapons-test/|access-date=6 January 2021|work=[[United States Space Command]]|language=en-US|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109053433/https://www.spacecom.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2285098/russia-conducts-space-based-anti-satellite-weapons-test/|url-status=live}}</ref> ASATs have also been used to remove decommissioned satellites.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gohd|first=Chelsea|date=22 November 2021|title=Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation from space companies and countries|url=https://www.space.com/crussian-anti-satellite-missile-test-world-condemnation|access-date=23 November 2021|work=Space.com}}</ref> ASAT roles include defensive measures against an adversary's space-based and nuclear weapons, a [[force multiplier]] for a nuclear [[Pre-emptive nuclear strike|first strike]], a countermeasure against an adversary's [[Anti-ballistic missile defense countermeasure|anti-ballistic missile defense]] (ABM), an [[asymmetric warfare|asymmetric]] counter to a technologically superior adversary, and a [[countervalue|counter-value]] weapon.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Strauch|first=Adam|title=Still All Quiet on the Orbital Front? The Slow Proliferation of Anti-satellite Weapons|journal=Defence & Strategy|year=2014}}</ref>