{"id":13317,"date":"2022-04-21T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:49:23","slug":"us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Biden administration\u2019s announcement Monday that it will no longer test destructive anti-satellite weapons sets the stage for \u201cmeaningful discussions\u201d at a United Nations open-ended working group meeting next month to recommend principles of responsible behavior in space, Pentagon and Department of State officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Kamala Harris announced during a visit to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California that the United States would no longer conduct direct-ascent ASAT tests<\/a>, which destroy satellites in space and can create hazardous debris in orbit. She said the U.S. hopes other nations will follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes just weeks before a May 9 meeting of a United Nations working group tasked with proposing such norms, and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Emerging Security Challenges Eric Desautels said Wednesday the timing was intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving our own proposal at the OEWG of a normal, responsible behavior regarding destructive, direct-ascent ASAT missile testing will allow the United States to demonstrate our leadership in this area and to drive the conversation in a way that supports our position and doesn\u2019t undermine U.S. national security in the face of what will surely be competing proposals,\u201d he said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the OEWG meeting next month, the Conference on Disarmament \u2014 an international body established to negotiate arms control agreements \u2014 is discussing efforts to prevent an arms race in space throughout its 2022 session, Desautels said. For several decades, a draft treaty from Russia and China has been \u201cthe only proposal on the table,\u201d he said, noting that the U.S. views the proposal as flawed, particularly when it comes to \u201cdefinitions, scope and verification.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUp until this point, we haven\u2019t offered any concrete counter proposals,\u201d Desautels said. \u201cAnnouncing this voluntary commitment will allow us to finally reshape the conversation beyond Russia and China\u2019s flawed draft treaty that has been specifically designed to constrain the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commitment was shared in advance with allies and partners as well as some non-aligned countries and drew mostly positive feedback, he said. Following Russia\u2019s November 2021 test of a direct-ascent ASAT weapon<\/a> that destroyed one of its own spacecraft and created more than 1,500 pieces of trackable debris, there has been growing international support for responding to the threat of future tests, Desautels said \u2013 even among countries that refuse to publicly condemn Russia\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the U.S. garners feedback in the coming months, he said, the administration will consider its next steps, which could include a non-legally binding United Nations resolution that would allow countries to state their support for the commitment and potentially put pressure on any plans for future destructive ASAT tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. could also consider crafting a legally binding arms control agreement, but Desautels said this would take much longer to accomplish, noting that the non-binding commitment would serve the purpose of allowing future destructive tests to be observed and attributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond deterrence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Following the White House\u2019s announcement, some Republican lawmakers spoke out against the ban, calling it unnecessary and claiming it does little to actually deter bad behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis decision creates more opportunities for China and Russia to hold our assets in space at risk while they continue to field ASAT technologies and create hazardous space debris,\u201d Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamborn is the ranking member on the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. His concerns were echoed by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., who serves as the ranking member for the House Armed Services Committee. Rogers said the announcement \u201cmistakes activity for achievement\u201d and \u201cdoes nothing to deter our adversaries in an escalating war fighting domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimply declaring what they won\u2019t do isn\u2019t deterrence,\u201d Rogers said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking Wednesday at the CSIS event, DoD\u2019s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Missile Defense Policy John Hill said the administration\u2019s declaration doesn\u2019t amount to a disarming and doesn\u2019t put the United States at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not disarming,\u201d Hill said. \u201cThis norm is not focused on any technological capability, but on behavior that we want to dissuade and encourage people to not undertake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the commitment to no longer test destructive ASAT weapons is not only about deterrence and space security, but also about the ability to continue operating in and exploring the space environment for the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todd Harrison, director of the aerospace security project at CSIS, said that the benefit of the United States taking a leadership position on destructive testing outweighs the risk of any perceived capability limitation that the ban could impose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPutting China and Russia, in particular, on the defensive to justify why they won\u2019t implement a moratorium themselves and why would they want to continue testing in this irresponsible way, I think that is really powerful,\u201d he said. \u201cI applaud the administration for finally taking this step. I wish we\u2019d done it years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"10":{"categories":["space","military-space-report","newsletters","home","daily-news-roundup","pentagon"],"primary_category":"space"}}},"categories":[7,106,29,32,37],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3260],"class_list":["post-13317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlefield-tech","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-newsletters","category-space"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"33AOOW5KDJD63NVBWCCWKAJXXY","arc_canonical_url":"\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\nUS to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Courtney Albon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Courtney Albon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t \"@graph\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#article\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/\"\n\t },\n\t \"author\": {\n\t \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t },\n\t \"headline\": \"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing\",\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00\",\n\t \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00\",\n\t \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/\"\n\t },\n\t \"wordCount\": 843,\n\t \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t \"publisher\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"articleSection\": [\n\t \"Battlefield Tech\",\n\t \"Daily Brief\",\n\t \"Home\",\n\t \"Newsletters\",\n\t \"Space\"\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#respond\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing - C4ISRNet\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\"\n\t },\n\t \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00\",\n\t \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00\",\n\t \"description\": \"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.\",\n\t \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t },\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/21\\\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t \"itemListElement\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 1,\n\t \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 2,\n\t \"name\": \"Battlefield Tech\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/\",\n\t \"ad_zone\": \"battlefield-tech\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 3,\n\t \"name\": \"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t \"description\": \"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET\",\n\t \"publisher\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t },\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t \"target\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t },\n\t \"query-input\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t }\n\t }\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\",\n\t \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t \"logo\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t \"caption\": \"C4ISRNet\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t }\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t },\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing - C4ISRNet","description":"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing","og_description":"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/","og_site_name":"C4ISRNet","article_published_time":"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00","author":"Courtney Albon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Courtney Albon","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing","datePublished":"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/"},"wordCount":843,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Battlefield Tech","Daily Brief","Home","Newsletters","Space"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/","name":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing - C4ISRNet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-21T17:54:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T17:49:23+00:00","description":"DoD and State Department officials said this week the timing of the ban intentionally coincides with several ongoing discussions around establishing norms of responsible behavior in space.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/21\/us-to-encourage-other-nations-to-join-ban-on-anti-satellite-weapons-testing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Battlefield Tech","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/","ad_zone":"battlefield-tech"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"US to encourage other nations to join ban on anti-satellite weapons testing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","name":"C4ISRNet","description":"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization","name":"C4ISRNet","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","caption":"C4ISRNet"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"C4ISRNet","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220418-F-IN231-1004.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13321,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13317\/revisions\/13321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13317"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}