Commander Of U.S. Air Force Space Command: 'Russia, China Planning Space Attacks On U.S. Satellites'

Photo: General John Hyten, head of Air Force Space Command who said hina and Russia are planning to shoot down American military satellites with missilies, spacecraft and even lasers

Washington Free Beacon: China, Russia Planning Space Attacks on U.S. Satellites

Critical space infrastructure faces crippling missile strikes, small satellites, lasers.

China and Russia are preparing to attack and disrupt critical U.S. military and intelligence satellites in a future conflict with crippling space missile, maneuvering satellite, and laser attacks, senior Pentagon and intelligence officials told Congress on Tuesday.

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the Air Force Space Command, said the threat to U.S. space systems has reached a new tipping point, and after years of post-Cold War stagnation foreign states are focused on curbing U.S. space systems.

“Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade, and destroy our space capabilities,” Hyten said in a prepared statement for a hearing of the House Armed Service strategic forces subcommittee.

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Update #1: China and Russia are planning to take down US military satellites with missiles, spacecraft and lasers, Air Force general warns (Daily Mail)
Update #2: Panic Reaches New Heights: 'Russia, China Planning Space Attacks on US' (Sputnik).

WNU Editor: I am sure that the U.S. has the same capabilities .... but it is also true that the U.S. no longer has a monopoly when it comes to space.