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Experts say vague treaty language and a growing reliance on space-based technology has made Earthโ€™s orbit the target of a new arms race.

Space has been called the final frontier and experts say governments are becoming more focused on strengthening defense and exploring the military potential of low Earth orbit.

Evan Ellis, an analyst and research professor for the U.S. Army War College, told The Epoch Times that expanding and protecting space infrastructure is becoming increasingly important from a national security perspective.

โ€œItโ€™s a recognition that space is important as a war-fighting domain, but also how you protect and use your assets in times of war,โ€ Ellis said.

As a defense analyst, Ellis has participated in space war game scenarios. He says there are multiple kinds of weapons that can be used in Earthโ€™s orbit. Some are kinetic such as missiles, but non-kinetic weapons such as electromagnetic pulses, micro-waves, and lasers are also possible.

He noted some are more practical in a space-to-space or space-to-Earth combat scenario than others. For example, lasers are less practical to have in a space-based platform since they would have energy supply and stability problems.

โ€œIf you want to penetrate someoneโ€™s [ground] bunker, then it makes more sense to use kinetic weapons than a laser from space,โ€ Ellis said.

He said that targeting ground objects from space isnโ€™t impossible, but itโ€™s not a likely scenario. Instead, Ellis said it would be more pragmatic to hit other celestial targets.

โ€œIt makes sense to have things in space that can take out other things in space.โ€

National security lawyer and Scarab Rising president, Irina Tsukerman, said weapons donโ€™t need to be put into space to be a threat to orbiting objects.

โ€œCountries like China and Russia have developed various ASAT [anti-satellite weapon] capabilities, including kinetic kill vehicles and electronic warfare systems, aimed at disabling or destroying U.S. satellites,โ€ Tsukerman told The Epoch Times via text.

Earth-based weapons with the ability to cripple or destroy satellites have existed for years. Yet with more countries investing in counter-space assets, worry over the possible use of ASATs as a wartime weapon is growing.

Byย Autumn Spredemann

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