There are many countries around the world such as the United States, France, India, Russia or China that do not stop developing different technologies in order to become the power with the best attack and defense systems. There have been many new weapons that have been developed, but it seems that the United States has something very big in its hands.
The US military is considering a public demonstration of one of its space weapons.
Little is known right now about the weapon
Discussions among senior American military officials have been taking place for more than a year to decide whether to reveal this new weapon. Very few details are known as this is classified information, but it was developed as a special access program.
Last year the Trump administration considered displaying the weapon at a prestigious event for the national defense community.
However, the idea was to show it as a validation of the Space Force and the Space Command, which is the body responsible for military operations in outer space. The problem was that COVID-19 caused the conference to be canceled.
It was planned to teach it this week , but the current situation in Afghanistan has disrupted plans. Even so, it is believed that it will finally be this year when this weapon can be seen.
It would be used to protect American satellites
The purpose of this weapon is to protect American satellites . In recent years, countries like China or Russia have shown anti-satellite capabilities, which could be used against the United States to degrade, disrupt or destroy systems that the American nation has in orbit.
That is why the United States’ main objective is to deter attacks that are directed at its satellites. In addition, the objective of displaying the weapon publicly would be a message for all those nations that plan to attack American satellites, since these countries would know that their attacks would become useless.
It is unknown whether this technology would be placed in space or on the ground. Rumor has it that the weapon may feature the following technical specifications: a land mobile laser used to blind adversary reconnaissance satellites, a proximity-activated radio-frequency jammer aboard military satellites, or a high-power microwave system. The latter could attack electronic systems.
It seems that little by little even space is becoming a terrain where wars could occur. In addition, there have already been several countries that have developed anti-satellite technologies. France announced plans to develop nano-satellites that will patrol within a few kilometers of the satellites, as well as a laser system to blind satellites or even place machine guns on them.
