General: Strategic Military Satellites Vulnerable to Attack in Future Space War -- Washington Free Beacon
Military studying new system of smaller, survivable satellites
U.S. strategic military satellites are vulnerable to attack in a future space war and the Pentagon is considering a major shift to smaller satellites in response, the commander of the Air Force Space Command said Tuesday.
Gen. William Shelton said in a speech that China currently has a missile that can destroy U.S. satellites and warned that the threat of both space weapons and high-speed orbiting debris is growing.
The threat of attack to large communications and intelligence satellites is prompting a major study on whether to diversify the current satellite arsenal of scores of orbiters.
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Update: Shelton Offers Glimpse of Future Vision for Space -- Space News
My Comment: High-speed orbiting debris is probably the bigger threat (just saw the movie 'Gravity').
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