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A new theater of war has opened: Space. US Navy Admiral Christopher Grady has called it our “most essential warfighting domain.” In mid-February, Rep. Mike Turner, Chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee, warned about a “serious national security threat” stemming from Russia’s space capabilities and demanded The White House declassify information about it. Then the White House confirmed that Russia has a “troubling” anti-satellite weapon. And the Kremlin called this all a “ruse” to boost US support for Ukraine. The Mauldin Economics Macro Team and I have been following this for months, especially after my conversation with Dr. Pippa Malmgren on Global Macro Update. Pippa said China has a satellite (the Shijian-17) with a robotic arm that can approach another satellite in space, grab it, and throw it into outer space. Military experts have said a modern-day war between superpowers (aka, the US versus China and/or Russia) could be won or lost in the first few minutes. Each side would try to knock out the other’s critical communication infrastructure, like our GPS. It’s easy to forget that GPS is foremost a military tool. The US military needs it to pilot unmanned aircraft, to guide bombs and missiles, and so on. But our GPS satellites are essentially sitting ducks. Russia has already been accused of rampant GPS jamming during its war against Ukraine.   Here’s the risk: If an enemy state were to disable location technology like GPS, it could render a rival’s entire military powerless. Guided missiles aren’t much use if you cannot guide them. And while it is possible to navigate without GPS, just think about the last time you pulled out a map to get to your destination, let alone a sextant. If a force cannot navigate or locate targets, they’ve lost the battle before it’s begun. I recorded this interview with Pippa in August, but the events of the past few weeks have renewed its importance. Watch it on YouTube here (and click the subscribe button for our YouTube channel while you're there): https://lnkd.in/ehDCyJ-J #spacetech #ukrainewar #gps

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