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U.S. Satellites Are Being Attacked Every Day According To Space Force General


U.S. Satellites Are Being Attacked Every Day According To Space Force General U.S. Space Force's General David Thompson, the service's second in command, said last week that Russia and China are launching "reversible attacks," such as electronic warfare jamming, temporarily blinding optics with lasers, and cyber attacks, on U.S. satellites "every single day." He also disclosed that a small Russian satellite used to conduct an on-orbit anti-satellite weapon test back in 2019 had first gotten so close to an American one that there were concerns an actual attack was imminent.   More



(Source: The Drive - Dec 3)

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