Space wars and closing the technological gap.
Multiple countries, especially China and Russia, pose a grave threat to US space security systems with advanced technologies they have developed that can disrupt satellite communications and operations, the head of US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Navy Admiral Cecil D. Haney, said on Friday.
“US national security space systems are facing a serious growing threat,” Haney said, adding that China and Russia warrant the most attention. “Both countries have acknowledged they are developing or have developed counter-space capabilities. Both countries have advanced directed energy capabilities that could be used to track or blind satellites, disrupting key operations.”
Russia, China and a number of other nations are working to take away America’s strategic advantage in space, according to Haney, by using military jamming capabilities to interfere with satellite communications and global positioning systems.…
China, for one, has even publicly stated that its goal for the next decade is to outperform all other nations in space, with large investments in increasing the number of platforms in every orbital regime, Haney added. Space is critical to 21st-century deterrence which heavily relies on the precept of knowing thy adversary, Haney explained.
The arms race is on.
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