U.S. Air Force Space Command Warns That China Could Blind U.S. Satellites With Lasers

The Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite is the U.S. military's most secure means for global communications. However, The Defense Intelligence Agency says China is attempting to develop methods for jamming its signals. Wikipedia

National Defense: JUST IN: Space Commander Warns Chinese Lasers Could Blind U.S. Satellites

China is developing new directed energy weapons that could degrade American satellites during a future crisis, the leader of the newly formed U.S. Space Command said Sept 27.

“We're pretty comfortable [in asserting] that they are developing directed energy weapons — probably building lasers to blind our satellites,” said Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, who is dual-hatted as commander of Spacecom and Air Force Space Command. “They also are developing pretty robust on-orbit capabilities that are very complex that could also have a dual-use purpose.”

“It's clear that China would plan to use those threats against us in conflict," he added.

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Update: China Could Blind U.S. Satellites With Lasers (Popular Mechanics)

WNU Editor: Those lasers must be incredibly powerful, and the Pentagon is responding .... Secret Pentagon Space Program Driven By Fear Of China (Forbes). I am old enough to remember when President Reagan initiated his "Star Wars' anti-missile initiative, when it came to lasers and particle-bean weapons the experts were saying that this was impossible.

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