counterspace
Defense Intelligence Agency calls attention to China’s and Russia’s growing presence in space
A new report by the Defense Intelligence Agency notes that the space fleets of China and Russia grew more than 70% in just over two years.
The space arms race keeps accelerating, new reports warn
As space becomes increasingly important to terrestrial activities, the tools and weapons available to disrupt and damage satellites are proliferating around the world, according to two reports released April 4.
U.S. intelligence report: Multinational efforts needed to prevent wars in space
The risk that conflicts on Earth will extend to space will grow as China and Russia step up developments of ant-satellite weapons, the U.S. intelligence community warns in its annual report.
China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit
China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States.
An object is now orbiting alongside China’s Shijian-21 debris mitigation satellite
U.S. space tracking has detected a new object for unknown purposes orbiting along with China’s recently launched Shijian-21 space debris mitigation technology satellite.
New reports highlight Russian, Chinese advances in space weapons
The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Secure World Foundation on April 1 released new updates on space weapons developments around the world.
New studies show growing proliferation of anti-satellite weapons
CSIS and SWF released their annual assessments of global counterspace weapons.
U.S. Space Force gets upgraded satellite communications jammers for ‘offensive’ operations
The Counter Communications System was first introduced in 2004. An updated version, called CCS Block 10.2, has completed tests.
Pentagon report: DoD needs to test how satellites would perform under attack
DoD testing report: “We must thoroughly understand how our systems will perform in space."
New studies provide fresh insights into the escalating space arms race
Two new reports are out: CSIS “Space Threat Assessment 2019" and SWF “Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment."
Defense intelligence report: China in steady pursuit of space capabilities to outmatch U.S.
DIA report: U.S communications, reconnaissance, navigation and early warning satellites could be among the targets of China's counterspace weapons.
Op-Ed | Applying Weeden’s ‘Real Talk and Real Solutions’ to real space robotic threats
We must correct a wrong notion that bringing up robotic threats would raise doubts about the enormous benefits in the development and deployment of commercial robotic servicing spacecraft. Dual-use systems always have the dangerous side, which can be fixed if we do not ignore it.
