The threat is very real. Remember Russia just destroyed one of its (old) satellites just to show us they can do it. And China’s hypersonic projectile-launching missiles seem to’ve caught everyone off guard. Yes, the threat is very real. And the US and Nato insist on poking the Bear . . . We’d better hope our nifty Space Force has got something similar or better up its sleeve.
We destroyed one of our failing satellites like 10-12 years ago with a SM-3 missile fired from a guided missile cruiser so Russia is just now showing us they a similar capability