The head of Britain’s Royal Air Force has highlighted an unprecedented threat to space that could jeopardize vital satellite functions, impacting communication, internet services, bank transactions, and navigation systems. A defence source informed BBC correspondent Jonathon Beale that the UK has already employed ground-based systems to interfere with a hostile state’s satellite communications. Beale notes that this situation has sparked a new arms race in space.
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The Space Arms Race and the UK’s Defense Strategies