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China and Russia are planning to take down US military satellites with missiles, spacecraft and lasers, Air Force general warns
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-Air-Force-general-warns.html#ixzz45odBV5gp
He suggested that any attacks against U.S. satellites could result in counter attacks either on the ground or in cyber space, but he would not elaborate further.
Last year, Mr Loverro also confirmed that the Pentagon's fiscal 2016 budget request for and extra $5billion marked a 'signficant turn' toward better protecting the satellites.
The satellites provide critical capabilities such as targeting, missile warning and weather data to the U.S. military.
Loverro and other top Pentagon officials also told lawmakers the funding was needed to better protect critical satellites that were designed at a time when the United States was one of very few countries operating and launching satellites.
A growing number of 'inspection' satellites lurk in orbit, possibly awaiting commands to sneak up on and disable or destroy other satellites.
Down on the surface, more and more warships and ground installations pack powerful rockets that, with accurate guidance, could reach into orbit to destroy enemy spacecraft.
A war in orbit could wreck the delicate satellite constellations that the world relies on for navigation, communication, scientific research and military surveillance.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-Air-Force-general-warns.html#ixzz45odJuYCL
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