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And why should we believe this? Edit: The "space force" needs to justify its existence, and this is a way for them to do it. Why haven't we heard about this before?
Obviously that time has come if they are attacking our satellites. Why is everyone in the US government so afraid to stand up to China?
> 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 Obviously that time has come if they are attacking our satellites. Why is everyone in the US government so afraid to stand up to China?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you really think after all these years of public hacking by state actors that U.S. satellites would somehow be off limits?
my understanding was that trump created the space force to have some defense from the aliens in case Oumuamua came back, was i misled?
And why should we believe this? Edit: The "space force" needs to justify its existence, and this is a way for them to do it. Why haven't we heard about this before?
Because in a Taiwan scenario, China almost certainly would attack US Satellites. And vice versa: USA would want to stop Chinese Satellites, so that they are blind to the movement of our carriers. ----- Frankly, I'd expect that the Space Force is already conducting testing-level operations against our opponent's satellites. From temporary blindness (this laser-thing they're talking about), to permanent disablement (mi…
And why should we believe this? Edit: The "space force" needs to justify its existence, and this is a way for them to do it. Why haven't we heard about this before?
Although the article doesn't mention it, the close integration between each country's nuclear force and satellites means that what happens in orbit affects survival on earth acutely. And the rate at which new technologies are enabling the militarization of space is shocking. That applies whether you believe Thompson or not.
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> 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 Obviously that time has come if they are attacking our satellites. Why is everyone in the US government so afraid to stand up to China?
> 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 Obviously that time has come if they are attacking our satellites. Why is everyone in the US government so afraid to stand up to China?
Exhausted too much political capital chasing dead ends in Afghanistan and Iraq. Far easier to focus on non-existential threats than to address the elephant in the room.