The US military is concerned about the progress in the space industry of Russia and China
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. intelligence community is re-evaluating possibilities of Russia and China in the field of conducting space war, because the us military is expressing concern about the progress in the ability of opponents to interfere with satellites, to RAM or destroy space objects orbiting the Earth.
, air force General John Khayten ordered the assessment of national intelligence before, left his previous command of the Strategic command of the United States, and it is "currently developing IR," said the Agency official representative of the United States air force Lieutenant Colonel Christine Hoggatt.
According to Bloomberg, the forthcoming report concludes that China considers space as a sphere of military and economic vulnerability of the United States. China has cyber, electromagnetic and space weapons capable of hitting space objects of the United States.
"the United States can be difficult to restrain Beijing from using these weapons, because China believes that the United States has greater vulnerability in space", — stated in the draft report.
amid concerns that the Pentagon in March requested more than $ 14 billion for more
According to the inspector General of the Pentagon, the US rule 870 of 1880 reconnaissance, communication, navigation and scientific satellites in the world.