Tag: counterspace operations

US Space Force Deploys to Counter Growing Threats in Orbit

The US Space Force has taken a bold step to safeguard American and allied space systems by deploying "space control weapons" to counter the growing threats from China and Russia. For over two decades, these rival nations have been developing tools to disrupt, degrade, or destroy satellites, and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown how these space-enabled threats can have a direct impact on events on Earth.