The Pentagon released a “Defensive space strategy”, under which the US will prevent China and Russia to seize control of the cosmos. Washington also intends to seek the assistance of allies. The program says that China and Russia to challenge U.S. freedom of action in space.
The United States wants to prevent China and Russia to seize control of space and will seek the assistance of allies – this is stated in the new “Defense space policy” released by the Pentagon on Wednesday, June 17.
This strategic document was the first program of this kind since, as in December, the President of the United States Donald trump announced the creation of new military units of the Space forces of the United States.
“China and Russia represent the greatest strategic threat because of their development, testing and deployment of anti-space defense”, — stated in the message.
The program says that China and Russia use their new weapons as a means of reducing the military effectiveness of US and allied forces and challenge us freedom of action in space, reports Yahoo News.
The strategy emphasizes that the United States will seek to maintain supremacy in space, in particular, protecting the GPS satellites, which depend on the military and emergency services, transport and even financial services.
“the United States will contribute to sharing the burden [of opposition from Russia and China] with our allies and partners”, — stated in the document.
China is investing billions of dollars into space and into orbit multiple satellites. Russia is planning a test launch of its heavy rocket “Angara” at the end of this year and continuing the development of its new Intercontinental ballistic missile “Sarmat”, reminiscent of the American media.
Four days ago, the Electron rocket successfully launched into space three satellites of the National management of military space intelligence (NRO) and the small spacecraft NASA. About this informed the American company-the developer carrier Rocket Lab.
The launch was performed from the launch pad company Rocket Lab on the Peninsula Mahia in New Zealand 5.12 UTC (8.12 in GMT). The apparatus managed to get into orbit in an hour. Data about the satellites of the NRO, the American side did not disclose.
Earlier this month it became known that the Agency for space development of the United States by 2022 will deploy in the near space orbital group of satellites that are expected to protect against shock hypersonic missiles, wrote about it edition Spacenews.com.
The idea of placing a constellation of spacecraft in low-earth orbits last months very popular in the United States. Pentagon officials have long put forward the idea use oftion space the touch layer into low earth orbit.
This group, moreover, is seen as a way of detecting and tracking hypersonic cruise missiles of a potential enemy that can skip existing system of missile warning.
By 2022 or 2023 U.S. plan to deploy an early version of the network warning about the hypersonic missiles in a composition of 70 spacecraft with wide and medium field of vision.
Also in early June it became known that Russia has created from four satellites of the “Tundra” basic space segment of the system of missile attack warning (early warning system), which allows to continuously monitor the positional areas of Intercontinental ballistic missiles in the U.S. on the subject of launches of ICBMs. This was reported by TASS source in the military-industrial complex.
“Starting on may 22 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome fourth spacecraft of the type “Tundra” United space system (CEN) “Dome” brought to minimum staffing,” — said the Agency interlocutor, adding that the devices perform the task in full on the working orbit.
According to him, the “Dome” allows you to track any ballistic missiles and space rockets from the territory of the United States.
A new space warning system “Dome” should be the basis of the space echelon system of missile warning.
In may it was reported that a prototype of the new Chinese manned spacecraft successfully completed the first test flight, landing in a specified area.
The ship was launched in an unmanned test mode on Monday with heavy rocket Long March 5B and with the help of seven consecutive maneuvers launched into an elliptical orbit around Earth with an apogee of 8 thousand kilometers.
