{"id":65506,"date":"2020-09-12T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-the-us-is-risking-a-pearl-harbor-in-space\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:50:00","slug":"why-the-us-is-risking-a-pearl-harbor-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-us-is-risking-a-pearl-harbor-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why the US is risking a Pearl Harbor in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Why the US is risking a Pearl Harbor in space<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 12, 2020 |<\/span> 9:50am |<\/span> Updated September 12, 2020 | 9:50am<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping excel in orbital warfare.<\/span>
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\n For the last decade, Beijing and Moscow have both reorganized their militaries \u2014 and developed weapons \u2014 to wage a space war against the United States. The situation is now so precarious that America could face a Pearl Harbor in space.<\/p>\n

As far back as 2007, China shocked the world when it launched an antisatellite (ASAT) weapon into low-Earth orbit and decimated a derelict weather satellite. ASAT technology<\/a> is not new but the way China deployed it was both irresponsible and aggressive. Traditionally, countries have publicly announced when they planned to conduct ASAT tests, because they could damage satellites passing by the test site. China told no one. Then, China\u2019s ASAT test created the largest debris field in human history. It also signaled to the West that China was ready for a new form of combat.<\/p>\n

China has invested heavily in lasers powerful enough to blind American satellites. Beijing has also developed the ability to \u201cspoof\u201d American GPS satellites, which could confuse American military units and weapons in times of war. On Sept. 3, China surprised the world when it launched a reusable spacecraft that, before returning to Earth three days later, released a smaller object that still remains in orbit today. There is concern that this device is an offensive \u201cspace stalker\u201d designed to covertly tailgate American satellites and push them from their orbits.<\/p>\n

Russia has nearly identical counterspace capabilities. As recently as July, the US and UK governments accused Russia of illegally testing a space stalker in orbit.<\/p>\n

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President Trump created the United States Space Force and charged it with ensuring American dominance in the cosmos.<\/span>Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is all deeply worrying. Either Beijing or Moscow could use their technological might to rewrite the geopolitical order in their favor. US forces patrolling the South China Sea, for example, could find themselves under attack from China but unable to call for reinforcements or coordinate a viable defense \u2014 simply because their critical satellites have been destroyed before the siege began.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Russia could disable NATO forces charged with defending an Eastern European state \u2014 simply by nudging US satellites out of orbit.<\/p>\n

All this explains why President Trump created the United States Space Force and charged it with ensuring American dominance in the cosmos. The goal of America\u2019s newest (and smallest) military branch is to provide adequate protection of our sensitive satellites and ensure that the United States \u2014 not China or Russia \u2014 controls the vaunted strategic high ground. Sadly, American leaders for 20 years have known these vulnerabilities existed, and because they dithered, we are no longer the dominant superpower in space. President Trump is the first to have responded at the strategic level, but the changes he has shepherded are coming very late in the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Critics have lampooned Trump\u2019s Space Force because they either feel that it is wasteful (it\u2019s not) or they simply opposed it for petty political reasons (Orange Man Bad). Without the Space Force, though, America\u2019s satellites would be left completely open to attack. Meanwhile, other branches of the military \u2014 most notably the Air Force \u2014 are reticent to champion the new Space Force out of fear this highly technological branch would cleave much-needed money from their organizations. This is ridiculous, though, seeing as Space Force\u2019s first budget request for 2021 was a paltry $15.4 billion, compared to the Air Force\u2019s $153.6 billion budget ask for the same year.<\/p>\n

Even though Congress app<\/a>roved the creation of Space Force, it has not adequately resourced the new branch, and in-fighting at the Pentagon has helped stunt what should have been a more seamless birth of the program.<\/p>\n

Space Force will need considerably more support if it is to succeed \u2014 and it must happen in relatively short order. Washington cannot allow petty politics and bureaucratic squabbling to ensure America\u2019s defeat anywhere on Earth or beyond it.<\/p>\n

Brandon J. Weichert is the author of \u201cWinning Space: How America Remains A Superpower\u201d (Republic Book Publishers), out Tuesday. He can be followed via Twitter<\/a> @WeTheBrandon.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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