Space will likely be a battlefield in any conflict between U.S., China, Russia
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WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence report warns that both China and Russia are investing in weapons that could attack U.S. satellites and assets in space, and that both nations are now preparing to use space as a battlefield.
Last month the Defense Intelligence Agency released a report about China's military capabilities, warning that China was making advances in counterspace technology that could threaten U.S. satellites responsible for communications, reconnaissance, GPS, and early warnings of missile launches.
But a new DIA report, "Challenges to Security in Space," warns both China and Russia are making advances in space technology and that both are likely to turn to space early on in any major military conflict to cripple their adversaries.
"Space is now a war-fighting domain like the land, sea and air," said a U.S. defense official. "We can't view space as a sanctuary from attack."
The U.S. military has grown increasingly reliant on space assets in recent years. It has communications satellites that provide internet and mobile services, reconnaissance satellites that enable signals intelligence and provide information on enemy force positions, as well as space-based sensors that alert the U.S. to missile launches, and position, navigation, and timing satellites that provide GPS to the military and to most Americans.
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Never fear. Cadet Bonespurs' space force is here.
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