Recent Chinese animosity against Elon Musk and SpaceX’s Starlink satellites attests to the understanding that information systems will be key in future warfare.
If there comes a day when SpaceX’s envisioned 42,000 Starlink satellites are deployed and positioned, it would technically be feasible to put up a “space blockade” against the enemy.
Evidently, both China and the US see the strategic implications and are stepping up the space race.
The feared military conflict between the US and China may not take place on a battlefield in the Taiwan Strait, Central Asia or the South China Sea, but in space.
Thinking further, if China and the US were to go to war, the point of first attack could be striking satellites in space.
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