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by alephnerd 3 days ago
The difference is India and China had an orbital near-miss in 2024 [0] and both India and China now field ASATs.

It's a matter of time before Japan, SK, Iran, Israel, UAE, KSA, etc build similar capabilities.

[0] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/india-pla...