The Chief of Staff of the British Air Force, Michael Wigston, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, July 29, called the flights of satellites of Russia and China "questionable" activities.
According to him, Russian and Chinese satellites appear in close proximity to the devices of other countries and are engaged in "dangerous activities" that allegedly threaten these space objects.
According to Wigston, satellites collect intelligence. He also believes that Russia has placed several satellites with the characteristics of weapons over the past year. At the same time, the head of the Air Force staff did not provide evidence.
He also accused Beijing of developing anti-satellite technologies: missiles capable of destroying satellites, "blinding laser weapons", as well as mechanisms for creating radio interference.
Wigston added that China has been testing such technologies against its own outdated devices.
In February, Wigston said that the future conflict may not start in space, but it will move there very quickly and "may even be won or lost in space."
At the same time, the British edition of the Daily Express reported that the UK space command will conduct training missions to destroy enemy satellites in the event of a military conflict.
According to the publication, the agency wants to send "Typhoons" to the stratosphere to learn how to " fight with Chinese and Russian military and communication satellites." The planes will rise to an altitude of 12 km, and then make a vertical climb of 6 km, firing special missiles at enemy "satellites", and then return to the base.
