Are there actually asymmetric vulnerabilities in space? I also don't think that's the focus of the article and doesn't pertain to space. The article gives lots

Are there actually asymmetric vulnerabilities in space? I also don't think that's the focus of the article and doesn't pertain to space. The article gives lots of examples of new competition from china & russia, but explicitly says for example that "the United States has idled certain of its offensive-technology programs while China and Russia actively test the same capabilities" which implies parity if not advantage. To me that asymmetric quote from Oriana Skylar Mastro seems to more reference what I do genuinely find scary: the US military's heavy heavy reliance on technology and tech controlled via space. can any of our planes even fly without computers? I assume all major powers can hack basically anything. I would hope the smarter than me military advisors have thought that through... "China attacked U.S. satellites operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA. In the latter case, they gained control of the craft, but stopped short of issuing it commands" "Among the spacefaring nations, the United States is by far the most exposed" "I think it’s no-holds-barred. Because the U.S. has the most to lose." Just by growing from behind technologically adversaries might have an advantage in they have stuff that works without computers & satellites. Though I would personally bet we might still have a small asymmetric advantage in space defense and offense. we obviously have an advantage in rapid deployment. Have been flying a mini shuttle for over 10 years. Have SpaceX. Seems wise to me to have extra satellites lying underground for rapid deployment. And hopefully we have more stuff that isn't trackable - it seems some of the shuttle stuff we know about is at least hard to track by amateurs.