Initial Post Makes Flawed Assumption (Score 1)

This post raises some interesting questions and entertaining discussion, but I think kpwoodr made a leap of reasoning that goes beyond the focus of the source article. (Something which I see many people are eager to punce upon for their pro-war or anti-war agendas.) The word launch is actually only mentioned once in source article, by Bill Gertz, and that refers to Chinese space launches. I fail to see the "recent satellite launch" mentioned in the article that kpwoodr alludes to as a "jammer in space." I think what has happened is a common assumption (conspiracy theory) that any major effort by Air Force Space Command must logically involve some new super-secret space vehicle. However, what many observers fail to appreciate is that Air Force Space Command considers multiple segments (i.e. the ground facilities, communications links, and space vehicles) to make up a complete space system. Thus when General Lord talks about protecting space and deploying an electronic warfare unit he may be talking about any one of those segments. In this case, the article (and General Lord) are refering to the Counter Communications System which was deployed last year. It is a ground based jammer, not space based. The ground-based Counter Communications System (CCS) is transportable, and intended to disrupt adversary satellite-based communications in a temporary and reversible manner. It is a rather routine technology in terms of what other nations are capable of and have been doing