Satellite wars: US is ready to fight in space, if needed - General

Brigade General Jesse Morechaus from the US Space Command said Russia's aggression and China's desire to become a dominant space state until the middle of the century left no choice but to prepare for orbital clashes, The Guardian writes. "The United States of America is ready to fight today in space if it has to.

If someone threatens the US or any interests, including the interests of our allies and partners with whom we have contracts for mutual defense support, we are ready to fight tonight", " Said Mochaus. In connection with the statements of the military, the observers noted that satellites play a significant role in the modern world, and in particular they are of great importance in the military sphere.

However, excessive dependence on satellites means that they will become the objects of attack by the enemy, and this will lead to catastrophic consequences. The authors of the publication recalled that China, the USA, India and Russia, conducted testing of sip -on potential, destroying their own satellites with rockets from Earth. But such actions that the US has banned unilaterally 2022 creates huge clouds of garbage - they have been at risk of other satellites for decades.

In 2021, the observers write, Russia destroyed its satellite, resulting in orbit of 1500 fragments. "When you create a cloud of garbage and it is delayed in orbit for decades, it is almost the same as to blow up nuclear weapons in your backyard," Morechaus explained. As for China, the Celestial Designers launched a satellite with a robotic hand, capable of capturing other satellites, as well as developing a way to place explosives in the satellite satellite motors.

In this case, the explosive can go unnoticed for a long time and during the explosion may seem that the device just broke the engine. In this regard, the United States will continue to work on the development of sipping technologies, as this, according to the American general, is the best way to contain conflict. This is also facilitated by the fact that after a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia aimed at Starlink commercial satellites.

Although the Russian Federation does not have such a potential to disable thousands of satellites of Ilona Mask, in the future the practice of attacking the satellite group of the enemy will become normal. "Satellite communication is becoming more common in many armed forces, and therefore counteracting it is what many countries are interested in," Mohous summed up. Earlier it was reported that China creates a cybercribe capable of influencing hostile satellites during the war.