{"id":9094,"date":"2021-12-06T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9094"},"modified":"2021-12-06T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:30:09","slug":"las-respuestas-a-las-pruebas-antisatelite-rusas-deberian-generar-capacidades-reales-para-neutralizarlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9094","title":{"rendered":"Las respuestas a las pruebas antisat\u00e9lite rusas, deber\u00edan generar capacidades reales para neutralizarlas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esta demostraci\u00f3n de objetivos de precisi\u00f3n con un arma\u00a0antisat\u00e9lite\u00a0terrestre fue ampliamente criticada debido a la generaci\u00f3n de una nube de escombros que se cruz\u00f3 con la \u00f3rbita de la Estaci\u00f3n Espacial Internacional. Por importante que sea la amenaza para la misma y otros sat\u00e9lites en la \u00f3rbita terrestre baja, la realidad indica que no es la primera vez que se realiza una demostraci\u00f3n de ASAT (armas Anti Sat\u00e9lite) de este tipo. Desde 2007, China y Rusia han demostrado sus tecnolog\u00edas ASAT cin\u00e9ticas. Este problema ha sido conocido durante m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada y, sin embargo, la Fuerza Espacial de EE. UU. y su contraparte de guerra, el Comando Espacial de EE. UU, a\u00fan carecen de opciones cre\u00edbles para disuadir y derrotar los ataques ASAT en todos los reg\u00edmenes orbitales.<\/p>\n

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Recently, the Russian Federation conducted a\u00a0successful missile launch<\/a>\u00a0that destroyed a defunct Kosmos electronic intelligence satellite. This demonstration of precision targeting by a ground-based anti-satellite weapon was widely decried due to its generation of a debris cloud that crossed paths with the orbit of the International Space Station. However important the threat to astronauts, cosmonauts and other satellites in low Earth orbit, the fact of the matter is that this event is\u00a0not the first time<\/a>\u00a0such an ASAT demonstration has been made. Since 2007, China and Russia have both\u00a0demonstrated their kinetic ASAT technologies<\/a>. This has been a known problem for more than a decade, and yet the U.S. Space Force and its warfighting counterpart, U.S. Space Command, still lack credible options to deter and defeat ASAT attacks across all orbital regimes. This is a must do; the alternative would be to leave our nation\u2019s vital space assets vulnerable to attacks that would affect nearly every part of our modern way of life.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the Department of Defense still appears to be stuck in a legacy mindset that is focused more on the impact to other space systems created by the post-attack debris generation rather than the fact that China and Russia can attack our vital space systems at will using their kinetic and non-kinetic weapons.<\/p>\n

This recent test is a great opportunity for U.S. Space Command and the Department of Defense to articulate to Congress the requirement for weapons systems that can credibly deter and win wars in its \u201c100 kilometers and up\u201d area of responsibility. The focus on norms of responsible behavior and\u00a0international shaming<\/a>\u00a0is an area better served by State Department actions.<\/p>\n

Credible deterrence requires kinetic and non-kinetic weapons systems, political will to use those weapons, and the clear communication of a specified threat of a forcible response linked to a specific action like an attack that the U.S. wants to prevent.<\/p>\n

The armed forces and the communication behind the threat must be credible in the mind of the adversary. That means they must be capable of winning after an adversarial attack or, better yet, capable of preventing the attack in the first place by actively defending against an attack and denying an enemy any benefits from it. Having a known, credible capability; communications of intent; and the political will to use them presents the U.S. president with military options that are currently unavailable.<\/p>\n

The recent Department of Defense report on China indicates that Beijing is \u201cgrowing all aspects of its … military space applications [including] counterspace capabilities [such as] direct ascent, co-orbital, electronic warfare, and directed energy capabilities … that can contest or deny an adversary\u2019s access to and operations in the space domain.\u201d These actions are supported by China\u2019s unique view of deterrence in space. China believes that to deter an attack in, from and to space, its military must have the means to defeat opponent\u2019s space forces and related infrastructure.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s \u201cattack to deter\u201d warfighting doctrine extends past the U.S. concept that space warfare is primarily a matter of countering non-kinetic jamming and other reversible threats. Instead, China is developing the capabilities, forces and tactics to launch \u201crapid and destructive\u201d actions against space targets \u2014 and doing so in a way that all the world can see.<\/p>\n

In short, China has the ASAT capabilities, has the political will to use them and is communicating both by demonstrating its key weapons systems.<\/p>\n

Russia also was not a supporter of the United Nations norms group and has continued to conduct weapons tests in orbit such as the deployment and demonstration of kinetic ASAT missiles. As the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report this year stated, \u201cRussia continues to … field new anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons to disrupt and degrade U.S. and allied space capabilities.\u201d Clearly, Russia is not deterred from continuing its buildup of capabilities to fight in the high ground of space, and is moving rapidly to demonstrate this to the United States and its allies.<\/p>\n

It is time for the United States to move beyond the strategic restraint posture coupled with the international shaming response to such ASAT testing events. The fact is, China and Russia are intent on creating a new norm where ASAT kinetic weapons testing is a key component of their deterrence and warfighting strategies. The U.S. must leverage its military institutions, like U.S. Space Command, to credibly communicate these acts are not acceptable. The best way to do this is to develop our own capabilities to deter and defeat attacks against our vital civilian and military assets in space.<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Stone is a senior fellow for space studies at the Mitchell Institute\u2019s Spacepower Advantage Research Center. He previously served as special assistant for space policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.<\/i><\/p>\n

Fuente: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.defensenews.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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