Space-Based Warfare: America’s Dominance Challenged

- Space-based military capabilities allow for precision-guided weapons, navigation, and communication on the battlefield below; - Russia has developed significant countermeasures for many of the space-based military capabilities the US has used to dominate the planet militarily for much of the 20th century; - China is closing the gap in terms of space-based capabilities, matching the US in some areas, exceeding it in others; - The US maintains advantages solely because of SpaceX and its pursuit of reusable launch systems; - China is already testing prototypes for its own reusable launch systems; References: Forbes - Russia’s Losing In Long-Predicted Space War 1 To The West (June 26, 2024): Military Satellites Business Insider - China is providing satellite intelligence for military purposes to Russia, US warns, says report (April 7, 2024): Newsweek - China’s Military Satellites Are Watching America’s Every Move (May 8, 2024): Economist - China’s satellites are improving rapidly. The PLA will benefit (March 7, 2024): Defense One - Chinese satellites are breaking the US ’monopoly’ on long-range targeting (May 2024): Space-Based Weapons CNN - US assesses Russia likely launched a counter space weapon last week (May 21, 2024): Economist - A Russian anti-satellite missile test puts the ISS in peril (November 2021): BBC - X-37B: Secrets of the US military spaceplane (November 2014): Jamming Space-Based Capabilities Washington Post - Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine (May 24, 2024): New York Times - Russia, in New Push, Increasingly Disrupts Ukraine’s Starlink Service (May 24, 2024): CNN - Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems complicates Ukraine’s war effort (May 2023): China’s Reusable Rockets Video From Space - Blastoff! Chinese reusable rocket soars 7 miles high and lands in test (June 24, 2024): Space News - China to debut large reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026 (March 2024): SAST - China Successfully Completes Its First 10 km-level Vertical Takeoff and Landing Flight Test of Reusable Launch Vehicle (June 26, 2024): Where to Find My Work: Website: Telegram: Twitter: Odysee (YouTube alternative): @LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): Weibo: ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): Line Group: Gab: VK (Facebook alternative): How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: Patreon: PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR