Report reveals US Space Force unprepared to counter orbital threats
that civilian satellites, such as Starlink internet orbiters operated by SpaceX, could be legitimate targets.
"The most immediate threat, in my opinion, is the pace with which our strategic challengers – first and foremost the Chinese – are aggressively pursuing capabilities that can disrupt, degrade and ultimately even destroy our satellite capabilities and disrupt our ground infrastructure," USSF Lieutenant General B Chance Saltzman told the Senate during his confirmation hearing.
That has given China and Russia 20 years to get ahead, and they've taken advantage of it, or so the argument goes.
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