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April 26, 2020 10:43 pm
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U.S. Space Force's First Weapon Is a Satellite Jammer
Long-time Slashdot reader RoccamOccam quotes Interesting Engineering: The United States Space force now has offensive power, though it might not be the massive orbiting weapons system that you're envisioning. The new weapons system delivered to the space force is a jammer type array that can prevent military or intelligence combatants from accessing their military satellites. This functionality allows the space force to neutralize orbiting satellites in a matter of minutes. The International Business Times adds that "In a previous report, the U.S. identified Russia and China as potential threats to the country's presence in space. "The U.S. Space Force's recently confirmed that it already has 16 units of its new ground-based offensive weapon system. The agency also reported that it has already started working on the system's successor..."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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