The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and American satellites in orbit.
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No longer will the United States simply rely on military satellites to communicate, navigate and track and target terrestrial threats, tools that for decades have given the Pentagon a major advantage in conflicts.
Instead, the Defense Department is looking to acquire a new generation of ground- and space-based tools that will allow it to defend its satellite network from attack and, if necessary, to disrupt or disable enemy spacecraft in orbit, Pentagon officials have said in a series of interviews, speeches and recent statements.
Remember, recently Russia vetoed a UN vote on stopping arms race in outer space.
I’ve been watching the big powers veto sensible UN measures for decades. The US does it, Russia and China does it, it’s a game to them. Waste of time finger-pointing, veto power is bullshit. It sez the rules don’t apply to anyone in the nuke club.
Kessler Syndrome time!
Let’s just get it over with and maybe we’ll learn our lesson for next time.
Next time being several centuries later after enough orbits decay?
So this will just make even more space junk floating around above the planet? Great.
What’s the current estimate as to how long before there’s so much debris that collisions disabling crucial satellites is inevitable? A couple decades? Years? Months?
