China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are developing weapons and other capabilities to destroy vulnerable U.S. satellites in space, according to a think tank report on foreign space threats.
"U.S. space systems are among the most fragile and vulnerable assets operated by the U.S. military," says the report by the National Institute for Public Policy. "This vulnerable communications and data-collection, processing and distribution infrastructure is worth billions of dollars and is vital to nearly every activity of the United States and, increasingly, the armed forces of U.S. allies."
The United States operates more than 500 military and civilian orbiting platforms, while China has more than 140 and Russia over 130.
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