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If you want to learn more about Russia and China's militarization of space, The Shadow War by Jim Sciutto (Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN) is a g

If you want to learn more about Russia and China's militarization of space, The Shadow War by Jim Sciutto (Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN) is a good place to start. It could be a one-sided effort (I doubt he has access to RU and PLA national security insiders like he does in the US), but it definitely sounds like Russia and China have moved ahead of the US in this realm, in terms of actual satellite based shenanigans. You'll also understand the at times seemingly random actions of those two countries a little more. https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-War-Russias-Operations-America/dp/0062853643 https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-War-Russias-Operations-America...

credit_guy 6y ago
The US military has a certain tension in its communications. On one hand they have to get money from the Congress, and the way to do this is "the gap between us and these other guys is shrinking, we can't continue to do our job with what money we have right now, hence, give us more money". On the other hand, they have to communicate to their allies that the gap between themselves and the Russians/Chinese is not actually shrinking, it's all good, and even expanding (which it should better be, considering their budget is equal to the defense budget of the next 20 nations combined). I personally doubt Russia and China have moved ahead of the US in any realm, satellite, rockets, cyber, or anything. But if you want to get a book sold, you can do worse than arguing as such, and you certainly will have a lot of evidence from the available various Congressional hearings, and other official military communications, just because the Pentagon is not beyond crying wolf when it serves its interests. Edit: the book you mentioned looks quite good, thanks for mentioning it. I just bought it.

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If you want to learn more about Russia and China's militarization of space, The Shadow War by Jim Sciutto (Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN) is a g

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credit_guy 6y ago
The US military has a certain tension in its communications. On one hand they have to get money from the Congress, and the way to do this is "the gap between us and these other guys is shrinking, we can't continue to do our job with what money we have right now, hence, give us more money". On the other hand, they have to communicate to their allies that the gap between themselves and the Russians/Chinese is not actually shrinking, it's all good, and even expanding (which it should better be, considering their budget is equal to the defense budget of the next 20 nations combined). I personally doubt Russia and China have moved ahead of the US in any realm, satellite, rockets, cyber, or anything. But if you want to get a book sold, you can do worse than arguing as such, and you certainly will have a lot of evidence from the available various Congressional hearings, and other official military communications, just because the Pentagon is not beyond crying wolf when it serves its interests. Edit: the book you mentioned looks quite good, thanks for mentioning it. I just bought it.