# America’s enemies prepare to take the next major war into outer space

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/americas-enemies-prepare-to-take-the-next-major-war-into-outer-space/
- Published: 2026-10-29T10:00:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:39:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/americas-enemies-prepare-take-next-major-war-outer-space
- Topics: Americas, Asia, Europe, Space, Technology, World

## Key points

- China and Russia are developing ways to disrupt or destroy satellites.
- Satellite attacks could impair military operations and civilian services.
- The DIA describes threats ranging from jamming to nuclear weapons in space.

## Summary

A new US Defense Intelligence Agency assessment says China and Russia are developing ways to disrupt or destroy American satellites, potentially making space an early front in a future conflict. Because US forces depend on satellites for communications, navigation, surveillance and targeting, attacks could weaken military operations and also interrupt services used by the public.

The report describes tactics ranging from jamming and lasers to cyber operations, close-proximity spacecraft and destructive weapons, with a Russian satellite reportedly designed to carry a nuclear weapon into orbit. China practises jamming GPS and communications, and has satellites with robotic arms; Russia has manoeuvred spacecraft close to US government satellites. The assessment also cites disruption near the Strait of Hormuz in June during US-Iran hostilities, which affected aircraft and shipping.

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