The new issue of Popular Mechanics has a sober, realistic look at what war in space really means today.
The story starts with China's recent sat-killer test, of course. But it also looks back at some of the notorious anti-satellite trials conducted by the U.S. -- including 1962's "Starfish Prime... when a
1.4-megaton nuclear warhead was detonated 250 miles above the Pacific.
Radiation and electromagnetic pulses disabled at least six satellites and created an eerie, artificial glow for 20 minutes."
