The Hypervelocity Case Shot
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Authors
Kallberg, Jan
Issue Date
2018
Type
Other
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Keywords
Cyber Warfare , Direct Kinetic , Indirect Kinetic
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Abstract
Any future nation-state adversary surely understands the U.S. reliance on satellite communications for global military operations. Therefore, they likely understand there is a crude and unsophisticated way to disturb and degrade satellite communication, an IED of outer space that can be introduced, by polluting orbits with shrapnel and debris that are likely to damage any space-borne assets in their way.
Essentially, an adversary can choose between two types of noncyber anti-satellite attacks: direct kinetic and indirect kinetic. While a direct kinetic anti-satellite missile attack on a U.S. satellite is possible, it would provide direct attribution to the attacker, thus leading to repercussions.
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Citation
Kallberg, Jan. "The Hypervelocity Case Shot". C4ISRNET, 2018.
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C4ISRNET