The final diplomatic frontier: Prague conference to address space security
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- 12 Jul 2022
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Putin’s war on Ukraine also has implications in outer space, with Russia carrying out cyberattacks aimed at crippling Ukrainians’ access to satellite services – and freezing cooperation with the West on space issues. This will be one area discussed at a space security conference starting in Prague this Sunday. I spoke to Jana Robinson, head of organisers the Prague Security Studies Institute.
“What our institute is focusing on when we talk about space security is mostly about active threats.
“That means how potential adversaries, or even people that conduct irresponsible behaviour, can disrupt, deny or even destroy space assets and derived services.”
When you say active threats, what exactly do you mean?
“Well, there is a full range of threats.
“We have for example those that are more obvious, such as kinetic, ground-based anti-satellite capabilities; that is, missiles that reach outer space and destroy satellites.
“Or we’ve got high-powered lasers or microwaves that can destroy, or blind, various satellite capabilities.
“But then we have lower-threshold activities.
“We call them grey zone activities – or you can hear the term 'hybrid threats' – and these can range, anything from cyberattacks to jamming of satellite links.
“What we also include is economic and financial activities that are aimed at assuming control or influence over other nation states.” Read More...
