US Space Force Commander Air Force General John Raymond said Russia and China were able to develop weapons capable of disabling and destroying US satellites in orbit. He spoke about this in an interview with The Washington Post.
He called for “acting from a position of strength” to deter opponents.
“It is clear that space is the same area of warfare as air, land and sea, and this is what has actually materialized here over the past few years, since both China, which is our main threat, and Russia have developed weapons. which can either disable our satellites, or destroy our satellites from Earth or from space, or through cyberspace, ”the general said.
According to him, the goal of the Space Forces is containment, not a conflict that “starts or spreads into space.” “Our goal is to prevent this, and for this, in my opinion, we need to act from a position of strength, changing the methods of deterring competitors and adversaries,” explained Raymond.
Earlier, the interception of a record number of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) off the west coast of North America “strained” the units of the US Air Force (Air Force). This was announced by Lieutenant General David Krumm of the Joint Elmendorf-Richardson Base, located in Anchorage, Alaska.
In January, the American edition of The Drive wrote that in August 2020, the US Air Force was exploring possible ways to use stealthy strategic bombers, in particular the B-2 Spirit, to deliver a “deep strike against an enemy target,” probably related to Russia or China.
