There’s a lot of nonsense in space, and we keep putting more crap on it. Space is more accessible than everand America, China and Russia are all hurting towards potential space warfare and mutually assured destruction of satellites. It will not happen among the stars, in spite of; it is likely to be conducted in low earth orbit. You may have thought Space Force is a joke when President Donald Trump deemed it part of the country’s armed forces in 2019, but it was becoming more and more relevant every year.
“Both Russia and China are developing their military doctrine to expand into space,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said. “Both are deploying capabilities that can target GPS and other critical space-based systems and we have seen both nations conduct operations against us as well as our allies and our partners to undermine our space advantage. The aggressive actions of our competitors aim to turn space into a war zone.”
All three major space superpowers have demonstrated the ability to launch missiles with the express purpose of destroying satellites. Likewise, all three countries secretly operate “stalking” satellites, capable of repositioning as satellites closer to other countries, potentially for the purpose of carrying out one-on-one stabbing destruction event. Russia has launched satellites with hidden satellites inside as well as satellites capable of launching high-speed missiles.
If enough satellites are destroyed in collision events or targeted attacks, the debris field could become large enough for every nearby satellite to be reduced to tens of thousands of chunks of space junk. , is likely to collide with other satellites and continue to do so until they completely disappear. . Similar to nuclear war, this type of space war could destroy the fabric of life as we know it.
Ever since the Russians launched the old Sputnik, we have looked to the stars as a potential battlefield for international war. With decades of experience and technological advances, it is understandable that the world’s powerful and potentially destabilized leaders are racing to find an edge in space wars. Here’s hoping it never happens.
