According to the US media "Military" website (military.com) recently wrote that modern warfare is increasingly relying on satellites for intelligence and communications, and according to the United States, Ukraine is becoming more and more imminent to be "invaded", and space may become one of the most initial battlefields for the United States and Russia.
In November last year, Russia destroyed a Soviet-era satellite with a missile. U.S. government officials were quick to denounce the missile launch as "reckless and dangerous," and the U.S. military saw it as a sign that Russia had no scruples about "firing into space."
According to US media, experts said that the above missile launch may be some kind of "prelude", which reminds people that the first shot of the Ukrainian conflict is likely to be fired in space. As a result, U.S. Space Command and the newly formed Space Force will dominate defense efforts to keep U.S. "satellite fleets" safe from attack.
Todd Harrison, director of the aviation security program at the nonprofit Center for Strategic and International Studies, said a lot of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance will come from outer space. And the Russians know this. This also makes outer space (U.S. satellites) a target for Russia.
Harrison also said a potential conflict with Ukraine could also be the first opportunity for the newly formed U.S. Space Force to show the public its importance.
Us media pointed out that the missile launch in November last year was not the first time That Russia has demonstrated its strength in space. General David Thompson, the first deputy commander of the U.S. Space Force for space operations, told The Washington Post that in 2019, Russia launched a small satellite close to a U.S. satellite involving "national security." In an interview with The New York Times, Thompson said: "It's close, it's dangerous, it's threatening, they're close enough to have a collision." It is clear that the Russians are sending us a message. ”
John Venable, a senior defense policy fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said there were concerns that if Russia did "invade" Ukraine, Russia's interference with U.S. satellites would escalate, "and their space equipment combination has a complex offensive capability that can interfere with sensors in space and make them 'blind.'" ”
Todd Harrison said the move may never make headlines. "We may not know right away, and we may never know," he said, "it may be very quiet, very secluded, with activities that the public does not know about." ”
(Editor: LH)