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U.S. military satellites to be reviewed
A top U.S. Air Force official has ordered a review of all current military satellites to determine if they are vulnerable to attack.
Air Force Gen. T. Michael "Buzz" Moseley ordered the wide-ranging review in March after China detonated one of its weather satellites, prompting concern that the Asian nation may be creating anti-satellite weaponry, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
China never officially explained the military action and a large field of debris remains in orbit because of the satellite's destruction.
"What I'm looking for is just a better way to think through the challenge, now that other people have a capability to kill a satellite," Moseley said of the review. "It is a contested domain now. I've asked a bit of an open-ended question."
The Times said Moseley has asked for initial results by June and has said changes would become a necessity if the study's findings are troubling.
"You have a choice: You can either defend the machines or you build something that flies higher and faster," he said of the nation's satellites.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
China never officially explained the military action and a large field of debris remains in orbit because of the satellite's destruction.
"What I'm looking for is just a better way to think through the challenge, now that other people have a capability to kill a satellite," Moseley said of the review. "It is a contested domain now. I've asked a bit of an open-ended question."
The Times said Moseley has asked for initial results by June and has said changes would become a necessity if the study's findings are troubling.
"You have a choice: You can either defend the machines or you build something that flies higher and faster," he said of the nation's satellites.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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