The ‘Space Laser’ Wars Have Begun—And America Wants to Be First to Develop the High-Powered Weapons

One of DARPA's concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites.

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