Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending

.....from space pirates presumably.

What's going to be there to defend after low earth orbit is saturated with shrapnel from the first battle?

> The questioner specifically asked how the US military might respond if Russia attacked SpaceX's Starlink broadband network

> Saltzman didn't directly address the scenario posed in the question

> In a modern war, "there are going to be commercial entities, commercial organizations, commercial capabilities and assets that get caught up in the conflicts," Saltzman said. "Space is no different than sea lanes. It’s no different than civilian airliner traffic in Europe right now. The US has a long history of saying we’re going to protect the things that we need to be successful. So it would stand to reason that that same philosophy would extend into space, and I have no reason to believe that that will be different.”

Not much here, just a reasonable, seasoned response expertly crafted to avoid using SpaceX as a specific example. A+

"That's a real nice satellite you got over there. It would be a real shame if something were to happen to it..."

no silly, that's the space shield!