Space Force has a new weapon to target enemy satellites — Meadowlands electromagnetic beam marks a 'huge…
- 32 “Meadowlands” Counter Communication Systems have been commissioned by U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command
- Rather than laser, microwave or plasma, the weapon is an electromagnetic beam
- Enemy satellites can be disabled and signals jammed using the weapon
A fleet of 32 “Meadowlands” Counter Communication Systems (CCS) is being assembled by US Space Force Combat Forces Command, which has just taken receipt of the first mobile electromagnetic warfare system.
While recent projectile-free weapons systems have employed lasers, microwaves, and ionized plasma gas, a Meadowlands unit – portable enough to be transported by air – uses targeted electromagnetic fields.
Electromagnetic warfare has proved successful in recent years, with Operation Midnight Hammer – the June 2025 US airstrikes on Iran – using the technology to create a “silence zone” over the country to facilitate the attack. By disrupting communications with the electromagnetic weapon on that occasion, targets were struck with minimal countermeasures...
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