Air Force Study Reveals Threats to US Space Activities

Ron Czapala

http://news.yahoo.com/air-force-study-reveals-threats-us-space-activities-095708098.html

Excerpt

No matter where you look in the air, outer space and within the depths of cyberspace, these are congested, contested and competitive environments. A recently released U.S. Air Force study scopes out a science and technology vision to deal with these concerns.

At its heart, a new report, titled "Global Horizons," strives to take advantage of $1.4 trillion in worldwide research and development investments to protect the Air Force's global missions. Those missions involve operating in, from and through the global domains of air, space and cyberspace — all geared to support America's security interests.

The report explains that challenges to the U.S. space advantage are being developed and proliferated worldwide. Technology to jam communications and Global Positioning System (GPS) positioning, navigation and timing satellites will become pervasive.

LoopyByteloose

There is a bit of irony about the concerns of congestion... both Russia and China consider fly-overs by satellites to be violating their sovereign air space. We simply justified previously ignoring their concerns due to the Cold War.

And of course, it was Russia that actually put up the first satellite.

I am not sure how this will play out, but even today Russia and China are not happy about all that has been deployed as the US 'space program'. Sure, NASA was for the benefit of everyone, but the US Air Force is there to defend the USA.

And, cyberspace was a by-product of developing a defensive network during the Cold War in case of an actual nuclear attack.

We have a long way to go before a big chunk of the world will fall in line behind the US Air Force's vision of what should be.... walk softly.