U.S. confirmed it has weapons in space. This is the next step in the arms race. Satellites play a big role in the modern military. That's why the military wants to affect them. GPS, communication, and reconnaissance satellites are high-value targets. And. Without those systems. intelligent warfare is impossible. The next point is that satellites disturb fire-control radars. ECM satellites are used in Iran. Those systems can disrupt drone swarms. And other data communications.
This is why every nation with space capacity develops ASAT systems. A system that threatens ECM and radar satellites can be a large version of anti-radiation missiles.
The anti-satellite weapons might not destroy targeted satellites. They can try to jam their signals. Or slam their systems down with an EMP pulse. In those cases, the weapon can use capacitor-based systems. That sends high-power microwaves or radio waves to targeted satellites.
"A Davy Crockett micro nuke at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1961" (Wikipedia, Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
“A notional rendering of China's reusable Shenlong space plane. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen/Getty Images)” (Space.com)
The killer satellites' mission is to destroy other satellites. Or, they can be used to create high-power EMP signals using nuclear warheads. Requires a new type of reaction. The nuclear-based EMP is one of the most powerful weapons. There is a possibility that the satellite can drop nuclear weapons on targets. So-called. FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems). They can be miniature space shuttles. Those shuttles can hang in orbit and wait for orders to attack. In that case, those systems can be stealth shuttles that make kamikaze attacks against ground targets. There is suspicion that. The Chinese Shenlong miniature space shuttle can be a prototype for this kind of weapon.
If. An orbiting satellite carries a nuclear weapon. It requires very fast reactions. The same way. If. The hunter-killer satellite starts to follow a friendly satellite. That requires fast counteractions. The problem with killer satellites is simple. Any satellite can act as this type of weapon. Especially microsatellites can be tools. They can destroy other satellites with kinetic energy. The miniature satellite can collide with other satellites.
Or they can involve high-power EMP systems. One version of those tools is a micro nuke that detonates in an air tank. A 20-ton nuclear detonator can form a so-called controlled EMP pulse. Or they can involve high-power capacitors. That pushes lots of energy. To microwave- or radio-wave-based systems. Those satellites can wait in orbit.
Things like miniature shuttles that can wait in orbit to attack require counter-actions. Those shuttles can carry internal nuclear warheads. This makes them so-called super drones. Satellites can also drop drone swarms into operational areas. Those systems are dangerous to troops and civilians. This means that drone swarms that satellites can deliver can hunt individual people on the streets. That makes those tools excellent assassination tools. And those systems require fast reactions.
https://www.space.com/china-space-plane-depoyed-mystery-objects
https://www.twz.com/space/new-details-on-how-space-force-has-waged-electronic-warfare-against-iran
https://www.twz.com/space/u-s-admits-it-has-weapons-in-orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
