Arming Satellites News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Intercepted and destroyed an orbiting satellite, which had veered out of control. this is the very moment when that satellite was blown to pieces. officially, operation burnt frost was launched to protect the earth from toxic fuel onboard the faltering satellite. but many saw a warning to china, russia, and others that the u.s. has offensive capabilities, as well. >> there's deterrence by denial, where you try to convince your adversary, that no matter what they do, no matter how many attacks they shoot at our satellites, we're still going to be able to operate through those attacks. and then ...

In 2008, a tactical missile intercepted and destroyed an orbiting satellite, which had veered out of control. this is the very moment when that satellite was blown to pieces. officially, operation burnt frost was launched to protect the earth from toxic fuel onboard the faltering satellite. but many saw a warning to china, russia, and others that the u.s. has offensive capabilities, as well. >> there's deterrence by denial, where you try to convince your adversary, that no matter what they do, no matter how many attacks they shoot at our satellites, we're still going to be able to operate thro...

Transactions, traffic lights, smart bombs could become dumb, cell phones could stop working. the military spending billions to protect against the attack. here's a quick preview of the special attack from cnn's jim sciutto. >> weapons fired from earth is one thing, but now the u.s. is considering capabilities it could deploy on the front lines in space, arming satellites. >> you could have weapons that could be fired against the weapons that are coming at you. >> reporter: secretary work raised the possibility of arming satellites with weapons he compared to the death charges that navy surface...