An Iranian satellite launched by Russia lifts off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in August amid controversy Moscow could use it for Ukraine surveillance. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP
The Guardian: US ‘ready to fight in space if we have to’, says military official
Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to prepare for orbital skirmishes
The US is ready for conflict in outer space, according to a senior military official, after developing anti-satellite technologies to counter the threats posed by “provocative” countries such as Russia and China. Brig Gen Jesse Morehouse at US Space Command, the arm of the military responsible for space operations, said Russian aggression and China’s vision to become the dominant space power by mid-century, had left the US with “no choice” but to prepare for orbital skirmishes.
“The United States of America is ready to fight tonight in space if we have to,” Morehouse told reporters in a briefing at the US embassy in London. “If someone was to threaten the United States of America, or any of our interests, including those of our allies and partners with whom we have treaties of mutual defence support, we are ready to fight tonight.”
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WNU Editor: Is this a message to Russia to not interfere with US satellites above Ukraine?
Yes. What a happy hive we must seem to the alpha centaurians.
ReplyDeleteUSA under Biden is all bark and no bite. Generals make empty boasts about being ready to fight, meanwhile they welcome and support men who pretend to be women and women who pretend to be men. They spend more time promoting woke social initiatives than they do on training in warfare.
ReplyDeleteWe all know about the purposely publicized X-37, I'd love to see what they have for kinetic and other military operations that's not so public.
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