Now that the US has a branch of the military dedicated to space, the US needs enemies in space. In an interview published on the Pentagon’s website on Wednesday, US Space Force Gen. John Raymond described the threats the US faces in space.
Raymond discussed Operation Desert Storm, which is when the US military first used satellite-guided missiles on a large-scale. “It was the first war where we integrated strategic space capabilities into theater operations,” he said.
But Raymond says things are different now, and space is now a contested domain. “We have to train our operators differently, we have to have different space architectures, and we have to have partnerships,” he said.
The general said China and Russia caused this shift in the environment and that the two countries want to cut off US access to space. “I think there’s a realization amongst nations that access to space is no longer a given. We’ve got to make sure that we stay ahead of this growing threat.”
As an example of the threats facing the US, Raymond pointed back to 2007, when China shot down a satellite. China tested a missile on one of its weather satellites in 2007, decades after the US first tested an anti-satellite missile in 1985.
Raymond’s comments came after China launched its first lunar mission. Beijing launched a robotic spacecraft on Tuesday that will collect rocks and other samples from the moon to help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formations.
Neither Russia nor China are threats to the US. The US likes to turn areas it explores into its territory. If wars are going on, a pandemic is going on and the economy is a mess, there is no reason to go to outer space unless Earth is attacked by aliens, enemies on Earth will attack them from outer space or aliens are spreading an infectious disease on Earth. The Corona virus would be from outer space.
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the threat is largely economic; US can no longer compete
the empire requires invasions, financialization, buitres capatilismo, sanctions tariffs to extend the life of the empire another few years
Nobody on earth should be “in space” controlling it. There are treaties in force (!) to ensure there is not the kind of action the USA of course wants for itself. Sharing, cooperating, even thinking of PEACE seem to be unAmerican.
Genius, another military beaurocracy to extend the 65% of our federal tax we already provide to military stuffing with no Thanksgiving. Not much chance though for them to get to…??? 75 and beyond scaring voters, The Russians are up there…!!!!’
So, Russia is a threat in space, even though it built the very space station – its core command and control and life support modules. Even though it had for years flying astronauts to and from space station, and supplies and trash to/from the station. Until US finally managed to send crew after nearly a decade being absent from space!
Untrustworthy Russia. And until today, old Russian rocket first stage engine RS-180
is the inly one capable of lifting US heaviest rocket, Atlas V.
It is no wonder Russia pulled out of the deal with US to build Lunar orbiting space station. It will only participate in building docking hutch. Space force and military in general can sent their heaviest payloads still inly using Russian ri
rocket engine. It is heavy duty and reliable.
China sent drone to the dark side of the moon, and is attempting to collect samples using an entirely automated process.
What is the danger? That Russia and China would lay claim on moon? What exactly is the problem? Just want more money.