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A U.S. KE ASAT capability will

- Enable U.S. and allied forces to control both air and space over the battlefield. It will be a key element of space control

- Play a counterproliferation role by deterring other countries from buying expensive space-based reconnaissance satellites

- Enhance U.S. ability to engage in information warfare

- Serve as a deterrent to any country that might be tempted to conduct space-based surveillance of U.S. forces.

- Protect U.S. satellites by providing the ability to respond in kind to an attack on them

- Provide a low cost and low technical risk solution to the problem of hostile satellites

- Provide an operational ASAT capability years sooner than any other concept