Anti-satellite weapons, which are primarily surface-to-space and air-to-space missiles, have been developed by the United States, the USSR/Russia, and the People's Republic of China.
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The Soviet unmanned Polyus weapons platform was designed to be equipped with a megawatt carbon-dioxide laser.
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As of 2012, there are no known operative orbital weapons systems, but several were designed by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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