While banning anti-satellite weapons testing will no doubt make space safer, we might question why this was done unilaterally and in the middle of a conflict.
Russia and China are developing new space weapons faster than the U.S. can field new constellations. That’s forcing a big rethink on how to keep the lig.
Until now, no US administration was willing to do anything formal, even if only making a public pledge, that would tie the military's hands in any way regarding the use of ASATs.