Why the United States Should Not Fear a Space Pearl Harbor
Some policymakers have warned that a Chinese-induced space
Pearl Harbor risks leaving U.S. forces “deaf, dumb, blind, and impotent.” While China's counterspace capabilities pose a serious challenge, worst-case scenarios of quick and easy counterspace campaigns that leave the U.S. military incapacitated, are unrealistic Zachary Burdette in this article for the
Rand Corporation. Encouraging trends in the resilience of U.S. space architectures and terrestrial backups to space capabilities, are mitigating the extent of the threat, though not eliminating it.
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