The Pentagon has begun preparing the US military space forces (VKS) for a future space conflict with Russia and China in connection with the escalation of potential threats from these countries. An American business newspaper writes about it The Wall Street Gazette.
The material shows that in March of this year, the White House began raising the annual budget of United States video conferencing to a maximum of $30 billion, which is about $4 billion more than last year. It is also recommended to increase the Air Force (Air Force) and Navy (Navy) budgets.
According to the publication, the cost of the US Space Force includes increasing the number of military personnel to 16 thousand people and the purchase of all the necessary equipment.
The article reports that the Pentagon is concerned about China and Russia’s deployment of missile and laser weapons that could disable satellites and disrupt military and civilian communications.
Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov declarationThat the United States and its allies are trying to devalue agreements to prevent an arms race in space and do what they want.