Space: the next frontier for war? | The Economist

President Trump has just announced plans to create a new military Space Force, increasing the prospect of a new theatre of war. How might war in space be fought? Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: The 1,300 active satellites above the earth provide a wide array of services - some of which are vital for emergency response and for the military. An attack on a countries satellites could be catastrophic and many worried that space may become a new theater of war. Lar