Pentagon Ponders Vulnerability of Satellites in Space War
Credit: CARLETON BAILIE
The prospect of war in space drives strategic thinking at the Pentagon about ways to defend U.S. satellites. The galvanizing incident came on Jan. 11, 2007, when China destroyed one of its weather satellites with a ground-based ballistic missile. U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, speaking at a...
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