This satellite incident seems to me to have been arranged to prove a point, There are plenty of "old, broken down satellites that still have fuel and are still able to be manuevered so as to become an inplace ASAT system,,,,,,

especially against the geosynchronous orbits that have been considered (in the past) as "untouchable"!

Reminds me of the USS SCORPION.
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