The United States will change the space program due to threats from the Russian Federation and China

The Pentagon for the first time in more than three years began a revision of his space program in connection with a potential military threat to his companions by Russia and China, reports Spacenews.

“Representatives of defense and intelligence are increasingly concerned that they consider the nascent potential threat to American satellites by China and Russia. In recent years, the Pentagon sent billions of dollars to the budget of the Air Force to resist this, and began a wide rethinking of how they should act in space, ”the article says.

According to the publication, the issue of revising the Pentagon space policy is at an early stage.

“At the moment, our task is to find out how we can create conditions that will strengthen, and not prevent the cosmic potential of the department,” said the deputy assistant to the head of the Pentagon on the issues of the space policy of the Loverro, the words of which is quoted by the publication.

It is noted that among the main tasks that are facing the military department are access to companions that ensure national security and the possibility of governing them in the threat of an attack.