Op-ed | Deterring Aggression in Space
To keep peace on Earth, we must keep peace in space.
The time has come for America to confront the reality that space has been weaponized by our adversaries. Space has long been a peaceful environment for research and commerce on Earth with conditions that deny tyrants the luxury of concealment, the advantage of surprise, and establishes parity on the battlefield.
But all of this has changed.
China and Russia have carefully studied how the United States is uniquely advantaged by, and dependent upon, space. For the last 20 years, they have invested heavily in developing anti-satellite weapons, deploying them here on Earth and in orbit.
There’s a purpose for this — to enable aggression on Earth by denying America and her allies the advantages of space. Allies fight as one force...