The Militarisation of Space

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Some claim false flags have been planted over the years, to gain funding for various projects.
One of those threats is destruction from above.
Perhaps those threats in outer space are real, both human and Extra-Terrestrial.
While keeping space "weapons free" would be a benefit to all mankind, it is doubtful that warring species, known as mankind, will resist the temptation to dominate and occupy in the name of "National Security".

List your examples here, everything from SDI to Satellite Protection systems.

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This story reminds me of Reagan's "Star Wars" program. Where the US out spent the USSR, forcing the Russians right into bankruptcy.
Makes me wonder if the BILLION$ the military is spending is solely to defend against Earthly aggressors?

Fearing hostilities in space, Pentagon fortifies satellites
Washington Post

The first salvo was a missile launch by the Chinese in 2007 that blew up a dead satellite and littered space with thousands of pieces of debris. But it was another Chinese launch three years ago that made the Pentagon really snap to attention, opening up the possibility that outer space would become a new front in modern warfare.

This time, the rocket reached close to a far more distant orbit — one that's more than 22,000 miles away — and just happens to be where the United States parks its most sensitive national security satellites, used for tasks such as guiding precision bombs and spying on adversaries.

The flyby served as a wake-up call and prompted the Defense Department and intelligence agencies to begin spending billions of dollars to protect what Air Force Gen. John Hyten in an interview called the "most valuable real estate in space."

Faced with the prospect of hostilities there, defense officials are developing ways to protect exposed satellites floating in orbit and to keep apprised of what an enemy is doing hundreds, if not thousands, of miles above Earth's surface. They are making satellites more resilient, enabling them to withstand jamming efforts.

And instead of relying only on large and expensive systems, defense officials plan to send swarms of small satellites into orbit that are much more difficult to target.

At the same time, the Pentagon has designated the Air Force secretary a "principal space adviser," with authority to coordinate actions in space across the Defense Department. Agencies have begun participating in war-game scenarios involving space combat at the recently activated Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center.

The flurry of activity raises the specter of a new technological arms race, this one in space, as nations jockey for advantage. The Pentagon is even developing what is known as the "Space Fence," which would allow it to better track debris in space.

National security officials are not only concerned that missiles could take out their satellites but also that a craft's equipment could be easily jammed. Potential enemies could "dazzle" sensors, temporarily blinding them, or deploy tiny "parasitic satellites" that attach to host satellites and do their worst. That could lead to soldiers stranded on the battlefield with little means of communication or missiles that would not be able to find their targets.

"We have considered space a sanctuary for quite some time. And therefore a lot of our systems are big, expensive, enormously capable, but enormously vulnerable," said Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work.

Perhaps most striking is how openly Pentagon officials are talking about their efforts to fight in space — especially because much of the work remains highly classified.

While the United States has been bogged down in counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon officials say that Russia and China have been developing the capability to attack the United States in space.
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Just giving this a moments thought, I think it comes down to some thing as simple as an EMP device. Not 100% sure but pretty certain that there are emp devices that are targetable and strong enough to overcome shielding. Just as an aside I grew up around NASA knew employees of NASA, and can tell you the military has always had a presence there. They built a multi store building devoted to Air Forces agenda in clear lake tx. in the late 70's or early 80 , in other word if you weren't a part of project going on in that building you didn't get in.

Really I think it is naive to think that space has not been militarized since the beginning, or at least pretty quickly! "The first salvo was a missile launch by the Chinese in 2007."

BTW what has the X37 been doing up there all those times?

Would stealth be easier to achieve in space than it has in atmosphere?