US warns Chicoms to not mess with US satellites

Bill Gertz:

Pentagon, military, and intelligence officials outlined plans on Wednesday for warfare in space and warned China not to attack U.S. satellites in any future conflict.

“The threats are real, they’re technologically advanced and they’re a concern,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, in testimony before a House subcommittee. “We are quickly approaching the point where every satellite in every orbit can be threatened.”

Douglas Loverro, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said that the threat of attacks on satellites in orbit is no longer a theoretical concern.

“Quite frankly, it’s one thing to anticipate an imaginary threat,” Loverro said. “It’s another thing to see that threat develop, watch it be exercised as with the Chinese on several occasions, recognize what it can do to our capability, and react to that. And that’s what we’re doing right now, is reacting to it and making it very clear we have no desire to have a conflict extend to space.”

Loverro said the Pentagon wants potential adversaries such as China to understand that if warfare extends to space “the U.S. will be prepared to defend our space assets.”

“Attacking our space assets is not a way to get the United States to back off of a fight. We are going to make sure that space assets are there to support” the U.S. military, he said.

Raymond, Loverro, and other officials testified before the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces, outlining plans to spend $5 billion over the next five years to bolster defenses against attacks on satellites from threats that include ground-based anti-satellite missiles, laser weapons, and small maneuvering killer robot satellites.
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I would be surprised if China heeded this warning.  It is a country that has been running a cyber burglary ring to steal US secrets and it is unlikely to show any reluctance when it comes to kinetic warfare.  The US better have its defensive measures in place and also have the capability to destroy Chinese satellites.