A senior Pentagon official warns that the Russian and Chinese militaries are refocusing their efforts to counter U.S. space operations, posing an existential threat to America's military edge.
Russia and China reorganized their forces in 2015, putting special emphasis on countering America in space, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy Steve Kitay said this week during a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He explained that the two U.S. adversaries have gone beyond simply improving their own operations in the space domain and have taken an offensive posture.
"Not only do Chinese and Russian military doctrine indicate they view space [as] important to modern warfare, they view counter-space capabilities as a means to reduce U.S. and allied military effectiveness," said Kitay.
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WNU Editor: I guess the Pentagon is laying the groundwork for this .... SPECIAL REPORT: The Pentagon Could Put Directed Energy Weapons in Space (National Defense).
old Chinese saying: what is good for the goose is good for the gooser
ReplyDeleteMy name is nmk. I feel we are playing war in space now. The debris or garbage we are spreading in space is a threat to us
ReplyDeleteI agree Job. I feel that there should be an international alliance that requires all satellites from here on be capable of being either recovered of re-directed away from Earth.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly a joint cleanup operation needs to be established not only for space but for the garbage in the oceans. The day will come when it will be too late.