Future wars will be 'won or lost' in space and it would be 'negligent' if the UK was not ready to fight them, the head of the RAF said on Tuesday. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston warned any disruption to the UK's satellites would have a 'disastrous' effect on people's day-to-day lives. He said: 'A future conflict may not start in space, but I am in no doubt it will transition very quickly to space, and it may even be won or lost in space. Britain's adversaries have also developed weapons such as lasers that could be used to damage satellites vital for tasks such as predicting the weather and carrying out disaster relief operations. Air Chief Marshal Wigston said 'that one irresponsible action represents a significant portion of the total debris in orbit today'.

Source: Daily Mail November 17, 2020 17:34 UTC