/ world today news/ The United States is preparing for an armed conflict in space with Russia and China after developing anti-satellite technology to counter threats from the two superpowers. This was stated by Brigadier General Jesse Morehouse of the US Space Command, responsible for space operations, at a briefing at his country’s embassy in London, reports The Guardian. According to him, the US is ready to launch an orbital war “even tonight if necessary.”
Brigadier General Jesse Morehouse of the US Space Command, the branch of the military in charge of space operations, told a press briefing at his country’s embassy in London that Russia’s special operation in Ukraine and China’s ambition to become a leading space power by mid of this century did not leave the United States “other choice” except to prepare for “orbital collisions” writes The Guardian.
The senior military official emphasized that the United States is ready to start a war in space “even today, tonight, if necessary”, to reporters at a briefing at the US Embassy in London. “If anyone threatens the United States of America or any of our interests, including the interests of our allies and partners with whom we have mutual defense agreements, we are ready to fight tonight,” Jesse Morehouse stated flatly. notes the author of the article.
The general also said the United States would continue to develop anti-satellite technologies to counter threats from Russia and China “not because we want to fight today, but because it is the best way to prevent conflict .
The overreliance on satellites means an attack on US orbital assets could have far-reaching consequences, The Guardian reports. China, the US, India and Russia have all tested anti-satellite weapons by destroying their own satellites with missiles from the ground. Last year, the US unilaterally banned such tests, which create huge clouds of debris that put other satellites at risk for decades, the British publication complained.
Russia and China are working on creating spacecraft capable of anti-satellite operations. In 2020, the US accused Russia of firing a projectile from one of two satellites following an American spy satellite.
Meanwhile, China launched a satellite with a robotic arm capable of grabbing other satellites and developed a way to plant explosives in the engine nozzles of enemy satellites. The explosives are designed to remain undetected for a long time, and their detonation resembles a normal engine malfunction.
In addition to weapons that aim, ram or take down their target, there are other technologies that jam satellite radiation or damage equipment using lasers, chemical aerosols or powerful microwaves, writes The Guardian.
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