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In recent years, the two Washington, DC, think tanks have warned of increasing counterspace activities and predicted heightened responses from the U.S. and other spacefaring nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if 2021 confirmed the trend, the coming year could be \u201ca pivotal turning point in space security,\u201d CSIS writes in its report, due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/24\/us-space-officials-expect-russia-ukraine-conflict-to-extend-into-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s use of counterspace capabilities<\/a> like GPS jamming and cyber attacks in its war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the conflict further extends into space with more aggressive attacks against space systems, such as laser dazzling of imagery satellites or cyberattacks against satellite ground stations, it could become the first major conflict in which counterspace weapons play a significant role,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking with reporters Friday, Secure World Foundation\u2019s Brian Weeden pointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/24\/following-cyberattack-communication-satellite-operators-want-more-guidance-on-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\">late February cyber attack<\/a> on communications provider Viasat and its KA-SAT system \u2014 which provides high-speed internet for customers in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean \u2014 as an example of the uptick in disruption in the region. The attack targeted the system\u2019s ground terminals rather than the satellite itself, which Weeden said is common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Todd Harrison, director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, said Friday it\u2019s difficult to quantify how much jamming has occurred since the lead-up to the invasion. He and Weeden noted that the jamming that has been publicly reported to date has been from ground-based rather than space-based systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking more broadly across 2021 counterspace trends, the CSIS report highlights the growing use of jamming and spoofing, which tracks with a 2020 prediction that such incidents would increase along with the sophistication of counterspace weapons. According to CSIS, 2021 saw an increase in both the number of incidents and their complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSIS has also previously identified Russia as the \u201cmost likely nation\u201d to conduct counterspace testing. Russia fulfilled that prediction last November,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/11\/15\/russia-tests-anti-satellite-weapon-astronauts-take-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\"> testing a direct-ascent ASAT<\/a> that is estimated to have created at least 1,500 pieces of debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese and other identified trends signal that counterspace weapons are no longer emerging technologies \u2014 many are fully developed, tested and operational systems,\u201d the report states, noting that while a small number of nations have more advanced counterspace weapons, more countries have access to cyber and electronic warfare capabilities and are developing offensive and defensive counterspace weapons to protect against attacks and ensure they can respond should their on-orbit assets be targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secure World Foundation report made similar observations, explaining that while there has been \u201csignificant research and development of a broad range of destructive and non-destructive capabilities in multiple countries,\u201d active military operations have only featured non-destructive systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaitlyn Johnson, deputy director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, said Friday that regardless of a nation\u2019s intent \u2014 be it defensive or offensive \u2014 all of these capabilities contribute to the increased weaponization of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile you can phrase the way that you are investing in these systems for your own national audience as a protection against counterspace weapons, you\u2019re still developing counterspace weapons,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing the further weaponization of the space domain without a lot of norms of behavior. . . . 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