
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,…