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State sponsors of terrorism not only threaten U.S. interests on land, at sea and in the air, but now they
have teamed up to attack U.S. assets in space.
By successfully jamming a U.S. communications satellite over the Atlantic Ocean, the regimes of Cuba and
Iran challenged U.S. dominance of space and the assumptions of free access to satellite communication
that makes undisputed U.S. military power possible.
The Bush administration, meanwhile, appears paralyzed about how to cope with this latest threat, which
one U.S. official likens to an "act of war." The target of these terrorist states: Telestar-12, a commercial
communications satellite orbiting at 15 degrees west, 22,000 miles above the Atlantic.
At press time, nearly a month has passed since the Cuban government began jamming U.S. government
and private Persian-language TV and radio broadcasts into Iran.
At a time when international political change and military action can be decided within a matter of days, the
U.S. government assumes unfettered access to communications satellites to be a crucial tool of statecraft.
Americans use satellites to broadcast and relay radio and TV programming into denied areas such as North
Korea, Cuba, Iran, the People's Republic of China and even friendly countries.
A hostile attack on a U.S. communications satellite, even if that attack only jams a signal for a few days or
weeks, could be decisive in the current environment of geopolitical instability.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33957
have teamed up to attack U.S. assets in space.
By successfully jamming a U.S. communications satellite over the Atlantic Ocean, the regimes of Cuba and
Iran challenged U.S. dominance of space and the assumptions of free access to satellite communication
that makes undisputed U.S. military power possible.
The Bush administration, meanwhile, appears paralyzed about how to cope with this latest threat, which
one U.S. official likens to an "act of war." The target of these terrorist states: Telestar-12, a commercial
communications satellite orbiting at 15 degrees west, 22,000 miles above the Atlantic.
At press time, nearly a month has passed since the Cuban government began jamming U.S. government
and private Persian-language TV and radio broadcasts into Iran.
At a time when international political change and military action can be decided within a matter of days, the
U.S. government assumes unfettered access to communications satellites to be a crucial tool of statecraft.
Americans use satellites to broadcast and relay radio and TV programming into denied areas such as North
Korea, Cuba, Iran, the People's Republic of China and even friendly countries.
A hostile attack on a U.S. communications satellite, even if that attack only jams a signal for a few days or
weeks, could be decisive in the current environment of geopolitical instability.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33957
