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US Arms Satellites, China Warns

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The United States acknowledged placing weapons in orbit, which experts said were likely electronic-warfare systems targeting adversary satellites, prompting China to warn of an arms race.

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Experts: USA's new space weapon – electronic warfare

The announcement from the U.S. government that it has now placed weapons in space likely concerns electronic warfare against enemy satellites, according to experts. - Releasing this marks a paradigm shift, since militarizing the space domain had previously been taboo to discuss, says Anna Maria Wårlind, a FOI expert. China warns the U.S. about a space weapons race.

Experts: USA's new space weapon – electronic warfare
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To Vima
Κούρσα εξοπλισμών στο Διάστημα: Τι σημαίνει η αποκάλυψη των ΗΠΑ για όπλα σε τροχιά

Η επιβεβαίωση τοποθέτησης αμερικανικών όπλων σε τροχιά μετατρέπει πλέον ανοιχτά το διάστημα σε ενεργό στρατιωτικό πεδίο μάχης. Γιατί έχει σημασία και πώς μπορεί να επηρεάσει τη ζωή μας στη γη;

Κούρσα εξοπλισμών στο Διάστημα: Τι σημαίνει η αποκάλυψη των ΗΠΑ για όπλα σε τροχιά
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The Guardian
The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why

The revelation ‘left experts scratching their heads at exactly what Donald Trump has in his cosmic arsenal’ In Hollywood at least, space weapons are a relatively simple concept. The good guys, from Captain Kirk and his crew in Star Trek , to Luke Skywalker’s rebel alliance in Star Wars, battle intergalactic villains with an array of colorful lasers and particle-beam cannons, then the bad guys get dispatched in a spectacular, explosive finale. The messaging coming out of the White House on the subject, by contrast, could not be more vague. Continue reading. . .

The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why
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