When attempting to disrupt an enemy's C2 network, it would be problematic for the United States to destroy the third-party commercial satellites that comprise it. Destroying all of the satellites would not only be very expensive in terms of the weapons required but also the corporations owning the satellites and the other nations of the world would probably condemn such actions. While the United States could ignore international opinion if the cause were important enough, a less controversial solution would be preferable. Ideally it would be possible to persuade the corporation running the system to deactivate service to an opponent, but this may not always be the case. The best method for disrupting these communications may prove to be conventional jamming of the handheld phones the field commanders would be using. While this is not a very elegant solution, it may be the only feasible one since any large-scale interference with a satellite-based telephone system would have global repercussions.

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Spacy, William L. Does the United States Need Space-Based Weapons?. Maxwell AFB, AL: USAF Air University, September 1999. [ 11 quotes ] [ page 57 ]