It was a race between superpowers then; it’s everything now…What has prompted this latest interest in space war is that the means by which one country can attack another in space have changed dramatically. Space war is inevitable because today’s modern militaries use space for everything, from spy satellites to a soldier on a mountaintop using satnav to figure out exactly where he or she is. He is part of an international consortium of law, military and space experts who are putting together The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations. Last year, under Schmitt’s direction, The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare was finally published. Photograph: NASAHacking satellitesThis is probably where the first strike in a space war will take place.

Source: The Guardian April 15, 2018 06:56 UTC