Military wants way to attack satellites: With space becoming increasingly important in military operations, the Canadian Forces need the capability to conduct "non-lethal" attacks on foreign satellites, according to a draft plan for the Defence Department's future role in space. [...]
"The Department of National Defence requires the capability for localized, non-lethal negation of adversary space systems," adds the draft version of Space Strategy 2020.
The report notes that the only "lethal" method available to the Canadian Forces would be to attack another country's satellite ground stations. The most likely time that tactic would be used is in a coalition operation, it adds.
