美国国防部副部长阿什顿·卡特(Ashton Carter)5月7日表示,军方已经启动一项“姗姗来迟”的工作,将保护国家安全卫星,同时寻找对抗潜在对手太空能力的方法。在美国国家记者俱乐部,卡特告诉记者,国防部首次真正地将“所有太空项目与反卫星威胁方面的最好专家,以及在没有航天器的情况下如何采取军事行动”关联起来。这些工作着眼于如何使军事情报卫星系统受到威胁时更具备抗毁能力,或 US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on May 7 that the military has launched a “late arrivals” project that will protect national security satellites while looking to counter potential opponents’ space capabilities Methods. At the National Press Club, Carter told reporters that for the first time, the Department of Defense has for the first time truly linked all space programs to the best experts in anti-satellite threats and how to take military action without spacecraft. These efforts focus on how to make the military intelligence satellite systems more destructive when threatened or