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#LEO: Space Force targeting folders for War in LEO. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

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🗓️ 13 January 2024

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#LEO: Space Force targeting folders for War in LEO. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/01/take-down-space-force-targeting-unit-develops-strike-options-for-joint-force/

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0:00.0

This is a CBS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor. War in Space, militarization of

0:10.4

low-Earth orbit, forbidden by the United Nations Space Treaty.

0:14.8

And now I welcome Henry Sikalski, the executive director of the Non-Proliferation Policy

0:20.6

Education Center.

0:22.1

We go to news from Washington, the Space Force,

0:25.2

75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron. Now

0:30.9

building targeting folders, says Lieutenant General Deanna Bert,

0:36.0

Deputy Chief of Operations, building targeting folders

0:39.0

across a space architecture that would include the capability to, from an all-demain perspective, take down

0:46.7

an enemy capability. I connect this with a study recently revealed by the People's Liberation Army, identifying Starling

0:57.1

as a threat, three pieces of threat.

1:00.3

One, it has a clear military focus, says the PLA.

1:04.0

Two, it occupies a lot of space frequency resources, says the PLA.

1:10.0

And three, it can be used as a suicide mission to knock down other satellites.

1:16.1

This is the Starlink constellation that I am using right now to talk to Henry Sakhowski.

1:22.4

Henry, a very good evening to you war moves

1:24.4

to low-Earth orbit. You have anticipated this over these last years. I know that in

1:30.6

detail I believe in 22 we talked of a war game involving North Korea nuclear weapon

1:38.2

used at lower Earth orbit or not in orbit but a sub-orbit taking down the constellation used by the US Navy in

1:47.8

anticipation of war in the Pacific but you've got updated games as well.

1:52.4

So we're moving now into Space Force saying we're

1:56.0

building targeting folders and the PLA saying Starlink is an enemy weapon system. Are we already in space war Henry?

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