New Study Says A Cold War Space Arms Race Is Back

Breaking Defense: Cold War space arms race is back, with more racers, new studies find 

One of the most worrisome trends reported by the Secure World Foundation and Center for Strategic and International Studies is the increase in the number of countries seeking to develop counterspace capabilities. 

SPACE SYMPOSIUM: Not only are more countries racing to develop counterspace capabilities, but the testing of anti-satellite technology has been on an upward trend in recent years, according to new, separate research by Secure World Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. 

 “This is a return to some of the competition and the arms racing we saw during the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union. Of course, the difference now is: there’s lots more countries involved,” said SWF’s Brian Weeden.  

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 Update: The space arms race keeps accelerating, new reports warn (Space News)  

Update #2: Experts say Russia’s use of counterspace capabilities could make 2022 a ‘pivotal’ year for space security (Defense News)  

WNU Editor: The reports are here .... Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, and here .... Space threat Assessment 2022.