Last year Russia demonstrated a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile on one of its old satellites in orbit, blasting it to smithereens. The Liability Convention of 1972, to which Russia is also a signatory, stipulates that countries must pay compensation for any damage caused by its space objects. Whether a Russian anti-satellite strike would violate the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, such as its prohibition on placing weapons of mass destruction in space, is debatable, lawyers say. 'We don’t have any examples of wartime uses of force against satellites - there’s really nothing to go off of.' COMPLICATED CALCULUS 'The legal aspects of all this are really murky at the moment,' said Brian Weeden, a space policy analyst at the Secure World Foundation. infrastructure would be met with a response but he did not go into detail. White House spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday that any attack on U.S.
