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by sfeng 1223 days ago
The US has anti-satellite missiles, for example the RIM-161 [1]. That said, I would guess an AIM-120 [2] air-to-air missile wouldn't have any trouble given it can go Mach 4, I'm guessing a few miles up isn't the hardest thing.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-161_Standard_Missile_3

2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM