U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said the United States’ potential adversaries Russia and China have demonstrated a “recklessness” and aggressiveness that show how much a space-related conflict could escalate, particularly through actions in the war in Ukraine.
“You see a tremendous use of space capabilities on the modern battlefield,” Saltzman said at the Politico Security Summit on May 15. “Denying a country access to their space capabilities does create [a] military advantage.”
Common usage includes low-orbit interference, such as radio frequency satellite communications jamming, he said. There is also ground interference of space capabilities, such as the cyberattack on Viasat, disabling internet access for tens of thousands in Ukraine and Europe, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine….