The United States Space Force has launched its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations’ satellites and their supporting ground stations. The 75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (ISRS) became operational on 11 August. It will be part of Space Delta 7, the newly formed unit tasked with providing intelligence on the US Space Force’s enemy space capabilities.US Space Force sets up unit for enemy satellites
The new unit will be tasked with analyzing the capabilities of potential targets, locating and tracking them, as well as possibly intercepting enemy satellites, ground stations that support them, and transmissions sent between the two. “The idea for this unit began on paper four years ago and has probably been in the minds of US Air Force intelligence officers for even longer,” said Lieutenant Colonel Travis Anderson, who led the fleet, in a statement. said.
The 75th ISRS will also analyze enemy space capabilities, including “counterspace force threats,” according to the US Space Force’s statement. Similar types of units or systems are also in the hands of China. These systems range from ground-based lasers that can blind optical sensors on satellites to devices that can jam signals or launch cyberattacks to hack rival satellite systems. Armies around the world are increasingly reliant on space-based vehicles such as navigation and communications satellites, early warning missile tracking systems and targeting sensors.
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