With almost no practical options for removing space junk or enforcing globally agreed space traffic ... [+] management, U.S. Space Command can only detect possible collisions and warn, much like a weather forecaster. Extremetech.comSpace congestion and space junk are becoming a serious global problem and a potential flashpoint for international conflict. But publicly at least, America’s defense establishment in general and U.S. Space Command in particular can do little about it. There is the possibility that Space Command via the broader U.S. military has classified capability to move or remove some space vehicles or objects from various orbits. In that respect Space Command is much like a government meteorological service, just for space.

Source: Forbes June 13, 2021 12:22 UTC