Posted on 12/01/2021 8:16:53 AM PST by PIF
Space Force general details how jamming, blinding lasers, cyber attacks, and other satellites have America's space-based capabilities under siege.
US. Space Force's General David Thompson said last week that Russia and China are launching "reversible attacks," such as electronic warfare jamming, temporarily blinding optics with lasers, and cyber attacks, on U.S. satellites "every single day.
“The Chinese are actually well ahead of Russia. They're fielding operational systems at an incredible rate.”
... when asked, Thompson could not confirm or deny whether any American satellites had actually been damaged in a Russian or Chinese attack. Beyond that ... even if such a thing had occurred, that very fact would be classified.
There may come a point where we demonstrate some of our capabilities so that our adversaries understand they cannot deny us the use of space without consequence,” then-Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson had said
“That capability needs to be one that’s understood by your adversary,” she added. “They need to know there are certain things we can do, at least at some broad level, and the final element of deterrence is uncertainty. How confident are they that they know everything we can do? Because there’s a risk calculation in the mind of an adversary.”
To date, the only publicly acknowledged offensive counter-space weapon it has is a variant of the Counter Communications System. Space Force operates the Block 10.2 version of the CCS, but a Block 10.3 type is now in development
U.S. officials have at least strongly implied that the U.S. military's offensive counter-space capabilities are not limited to CCS.
“It's not enough to stand in the ring and take punches,” then-U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said at the same event. "You have to have the will and capability to punch back.
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At the unclassified level, no, he’s not just trying to justify funding.
Trump was right again and he created the space force when libtards wouldn’t 🤪
Good point.
Solar storms do the same in fact we are in a huge on now the sun is telling us take that.
Makes sense. I guess most of them are really fragile, all you have to do is put it out of commission. Something like paint on lenses or panels might be enough. I think the game of space sabotage has been going on for a while in any case, but it just doesn’t normally get talked about.
Freegards
Have your X37B grab up a Chinese rogue satellite, General, and bring it home. Send it right back up and do it again. Probably get Xi's attention.
The other thing the US should do — the next three XSLC launches mysteriously combust at T+5.
I would expect that the Russians & Chinese might have boobytrapped their satellites going back to space shuttle days. Attempting to ‘grab one’ might result in an unhappy situation.
Payback is as turnabout is fair play. Ain’t it a bit*h.
Nah, send it back to them in a FedEx shipment.
Good point, but I would expect the X37B to be fully appointed for exactly the task of grabbing an enemy satellite.
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