China and Russia have launched satellites that are meant to inspect and repair other spacecraft but could be used to attack US assets, according to a new report from the US Space Force.
Still remember that pathetic statement from the US military sobbing about how evil the Chinese were because they tried approaching one of their satellites (they didn’t specify with what but something to compromise it is my bet) and it proceeded to maneuver away at speed from them and apparently that was a big let-down for the Space Farce because they suddenly had no idea how to do part of their job against an adversary that’s keeping an eye on them and can avoid the US implanting hardware to spy, subvert, and destroy if called upon, enemy space assets (which I think is really the whole purpose of the Space Farce, they don’t imagine actually fighting wars there at the moment, just controlling space, doing NSA type shenanigans, etc).
So the US complaining about this is just lol. It’s like, they have weapons, you literally created a separate branch of your armed forces dedicated to militarizing and controlling space. You’re not one to talk. Not to mention their improper usage of vast cheap privately owned satellite constellations like Starlink for carrying out C&C in war-zones and supporting combat operations and intelligence briefing with troops in combat against Russia in the Ukraine.
Still remember that pathetic statement from the US military sobbing about how evil the Chinese were because they tried approaching one of their satellites (they didn’t specify with what but something to compromise it is my bet) and it proceeded to maneuver away at speed from them and apparently that was a big let-down for the Space Farce because they suddenly had no idea how to do part of their job against an adversary that’s keeping an eye on them and can avoid the US implanting hardware to spy, subvert, and destroy if called upon, enemy space assets (which I think is really the whole purpose of the Space Farce, they don’t imagine actually fighting wars there at the moment, just controlling space, doing NSA type shenanigans, etc).
So the US complaining about this is just lol. It’s like, they have weapons, you literally created a separate branch of your armed forces dedicated to militarizing and controlling space. You’re not one to talk. Not to mention their improper usage of vast cheap privately owned satellite constellations like Starlink for carrying out C&C in war-zones and supporting combat operations and intelligence briefing with troops in combat against Russia in the Ukraine.
I’m pretty sure the sole reason Starlink exists is because US military saw the potential to use it for C&C and threw a bunch of money at it.