a16z|Jun 22, 2026 14:46
Orbits are now battlefields, and it’s time we admitted it.
Russia tested an anti-satellite missile in 2021, hacked a commercial satellite in 2022, jammed GPS throughout the Ukraine conflict, tailed an NRO satellite with a potential “counterspace weapon” in 2024, and is intimidating a commercial imaging satellite in 2026.
China hauled a dead satellite out of geostationary orbit in 2022, practiced “dogfighting” maneuvers in 2024, and deployed an electronic warfare satellite to orbit in 2025.
Space is now a warfighting domain, and the only remaining question is how to win a space war.
Full piece by a16z's Christian Keil and Alex Oliver: https://www.a16z.news/p/how-to-win-a-space-war(a16z)
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