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Space may soon become a war zone – Here's how that would work and how it could affect our lives

At an upcoming summit in early December, NATO is expected to declare space as a "warfighting domain," partly in response to new developments in technology. If it does declare space a war zone, NATO could start using space weapons that can destroy satellites or incoming enemy missiles.  But what is this technology and how could it enable a war? What would a space war look like from Earth? Any observers on the surface would be unlikely to directly see any effects from space warfare, unless a kinetic kill actually breaks a spacecraft up—with debris lighting up as it re-enters the atmosphere. That said, attacks could still affect our lives on Earth, disturbing GPS, television services and even cash withdrawals. Read full article at: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-space-war-zone.html