discuss What would war in space look like?

[Pete Griffin]

In the breadth of human history, one thing is certain, and that's war. As long as there are haves and have-nots there will be wars. The next theatre of war is going to be in space, but how do you think this will look? I read a very interesting article on the subject recently and it got me thinking; how would a war in the vacuum of space look?

The US Space Force lacks the full range of space weapons China and Russia are adding to their arsenals, and military leaders say it's time to close the gap.

Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force's chief of space operations, told reporters at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium last week that he wants more options to present to national leaders if an adversary threatens the US fleet of national security satellites used for surveillance, communication, navigation, missile warning, and perhaps soon, missile defense.

In prepared remarks, Saltzman outlined in new detail why the Space Force should be able to go on the offense in an era of orbital warfare. Later, in a roundtable meeting with reporters, he briefly touched on the how.

The Space Force's top general has discussed the concept of "space superiority" before. This is analogous to air superiority—think of how US and allied air forces dominated the skies in wartime over the last 30 years in places like Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.

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How would you see it playing out? Some suggestions are that the US is behind China in the area of space combat. Is space-superiority the new air-superiority?

 

[Jason]

Well, actually, I saw on Facebook that internet transmissions are actually underwater. Is that really true? Well, destroying the internet would be power.