Hmmm….Q posts re: Snow White and Corona offline 8/30…then this article…coincidence??

Intelligence Confronts Space Vulnerabilities

September 1, 2018

The next sector to benefit from commercial space technology spinoffs could be the intelligence community.

>>Facing a growing threat to its mission capabilities in orbit, the community is weighing several options to prevent adversaries from denying the use of vital systems, including national technical assets.<<

At the same time, plans are in the works for the next generation of space-based intelligence assets.

Among the options is a greater reliance on commercial technologies to ensure space system survivability. The intelligence community is already working to exploit private-sector innovations, and future developments offer the potential to change the U.S. national security space architecture.

David Honey, intelligence community senior scientist, notes that while the United States knows that space architecture is vital for national security purposes, adversaries also recognize that value. Potential attacks on space capabilities are of great concern to the intelligence community, he adds.

“Our adversaries have a pretty strong understanding of how valuable our architecture is to us,” Honey states. “It’s natural to expect they are going to look increasingly for ways to try to deny us access to that architecture.

“The idea that satellites can be attacked, that they can be denied to any country that is dependent on them, has been out there for quite some time,” he continues.

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https:// www.afcea.org/content/intelligence-confronts-space-vulnerabilities