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U.S. Space Force Looks to Commercial Satellite Protections to Benefit U.S. Military

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 14th, 2022

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U.S. Space Force Looks to Commercial Satellite Protections to Benefit U.S. Military

U.S. Space Force (USSF) officials have suggested that future conflicts could begin in space, but U.S. military forces would benefit from industry development of protections for commercial satellites, says a senior U.S. Space Force official. Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of USSF's Space Operations Command, on Oct. 14 told a Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual audience that electromagnetic interference, the jamming of GPS signals, and directed energy dazzling of U.S. satellites"are all threats that we now face,…

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