(Test 2) Space Domain Threats

Question 1

Describe how the traditional IADS model applies to space threats (slide 8).

Answer 1

Early Warning (space surveillance): radar, optical/laser, LADAR, radio telescope, SIGINT, other

Battle Management: Military C2, civilian/academia

Weapons Control (space control): nonlethal, cyber, directed energy, kinetic (direct ascent), co-orbital, denial and deception, ground site attack, nuclear/EMP

Question 2

Identify the space threat category that poses the greatest threat to US operations today (slide 28).

Answer 2

Nonlethal threats.

Examples: targeting uplink, downlink/crosslink capabilities of satellites

Question 3

Describe the likely targets of a direct ascent ASAT weapon (slide 37).

Answer 3

LEO: ISR satellites, missile warning, communications

GEO: Military SATCOM, missile warning, ISR

HEO: ISR, missile warning

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