The Pentagon fears Iran could challenge America's space advantage in the Middle East Iran's growing ability to disrupt American military satellites and use space intelligence to strike American targets more precisely is raising concerns in Washington, according to a new Pentagon intelligence report cited by Axios. Even after US attacks on Iranian space facilities, Tehran still has electronic warfare systems that can interfere with GPS signals. The Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that Iran took offensive action against American space capabilities during Operation Epic Rage. The findings raised questions about the US Central Command's previous claim of "space superiority" over Iran. As aviation and space expert Todd Harrison told Axios, "If Iran can degrade the US's space capabilities, we have no superiority." substack | talk.

The Pentagon fears Iran could challenge America's space advantage in the Middle East Iran's growing ability to disrupt American military satellites and use space intelligence to strike American targets more precisely is raising concerns in Washington, according to a new Pentagon intelligence report cited by Axios. Even after US attacks on Iranian space facilities, Tehran still has electronic warfare systems that can interfere with GPS signals. The Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that Iran took offensive action against American space capabilities during Operation Epic Rage. The findings raised questions about the US Central Command's previous claim of "space superiority" over Iran. As aviation and space expert Todd Harrison told Axios, "If Iran can degrade the US's space capabilities, we have no superiority." substack | talk.