Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation joins me to talk about the technical and political fallout of Russia’s recent anti-satellite weapons demonstration, the history of anti-satellite weapons and testing, the geopolitical situation surrounding the topic, and what the future of space debris tracking and management looks like.

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T+202: The Geopolitics of ASAT Weapons and Space Debris (with Brian Weeden)

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T+202: The Geopolitics of ASAT Weapons and Space Debris (with Brian Weeden)