[quohort]

It's true that china has been developing anti-satellite weapons recently (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAT_program_of_China). To respond in kind with "kinetic" weapons as mentioned sets a dangerous precedent for kessler syndrome in the same way that nuclear proliferation does for nuclear winter.

[wumeow]

China has no problem creating kessler syndrome on its own as we’ve seen recently.