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China has used high-energy lasers to interfere with US satellites, according to a
US Army space-warfare specialist. Tests have been reported previously but it is
now confirmed that the laser attacks were at least partially effective.
Command Sergeant Major David Lady of the Joint Functional Combat
Command for Integrated Missile Defense, said at the Strategic Space &
Defense conference in Omaha on 12 October that the attacks were detected
after US satellite operators - most likely users of the National Reconnaissance
Office's secret imaging satellites - observed that the satellites occasionally
failed to perform over China.
"There had been times when we wondered at the sudden decline in
effectiveness as the satellites passed over China," CSM Lady said.
Sensors at the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein atoll in the South Pacific
were tasked with tracking the satellites and observing any unusual phenomena.
"We sensed the projection of beams against the spacecraft and could identify
the streams of photons," CSM Lady said.
The Kwajalein data confirmed that the Chinese appeared to have
"some level of confidence" in their laser countermeasures system,
according to CSM Lady...
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"Attack satellites" er vel lige i overkanten, Kineserne forhindre jo bare USA i at
udspionere når satelitten er over Kina, som at lyse med en lygte på en soldat med IR udstyr.
Jan Rasmussen