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US Space Force is set to install 24 satellite jamming stations capable of disrupting Russian or Chinese communications | Department of Defense says they are "responsible" weaponry


The US military is installing modular state-of-the-art satellite jammers capable of disrupting Russian or Chinese communications, should the need arise. Even though the hardware is ground-based, the...

The US and its allies need measures to counter space-based attacks that don't involve the potential to destroy or deorbit satellites in an uncontrolled manner, the spokesperson said, referring to the high-altitude EMP nuclear weapon Russia is allegedly building. "Add it to the very small list of public US offensive counterspace capabilities [that are] reversible, temporary, non-escalatory and allow for plausible deniability in terms of who the instigator is." The DoD's view is that the alternative of not having adequate or superior military technologies, whether offensive or defensive, only conveys an image of an easy target.

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