U.S. Security Requirements include Anti-Satellite Space Weapons (1803) U.S. national security depends upon the military's ability to deny adversaries the means to achieve their objectives. The proliferation of satellite communication and intelligence capabilities means the U.S. may need to disable an adversaries space assets in future conflicts. In the long-term, the U.S. may also need anti-satellite weapons to defeat an adversaries' force projection space weapons.
U.S. national security depends upon the military's ability to deny adversaries the means to achieve their objectives. The proliferation of satellite communication and intelligence capabilities means the U.S. may need to disable an adversaries space assets in future conflicts. In the long-term, the U.S. may also need anti-satellite weapons to defeat an adversaries' force projection space weapons.