Army Space Cadre Basic Course Phase
2 Exam 2 CORRECT 100%
How can satellite owners protect their capabilities from space hazards or malicious
activities against their satellites? - ANSWER 1. Maneuvering
2. Shuttering sensors
3. Shielding to guard against EM
What is a countermeasure to SATCOM jamming? - ANSWER Frequency hopping
What is the DOD's preferred approach to space control-negation? - ANSWER Tactical
denial
What is offensive space control? - ANSWER 1. Prevent hostile use of US/Third Party
space capabilities
2. Negate adversary space capabilities
3. 5 D's
What are the 5x D's? - ANSWER Temporary -
1. Deceive: mislead
2. Disrupt: temporary impairment
3. Deny: temporary elimination
Permanent -
4. Degrade: permanent impairment
5. Destroy: permanent elimination
What is defensive control? - ANSWER 1. Actions to exploit space capabilities via active
& passive means
2. Detect, characterize, and attribute to defeat attacks (satellite link protection)
What is the approval level for offensive space control operations? - ANSWER POTUS,
SECDEF
What is the most effective way to jam SATCOM? - ANSWER Through the uplink
What are the characteristics of offensive laser space threat capabilities? - ANSWER 1.
In-band Laser, Dazzler (low power)
- matches wavelength of target sensor or optics
- temporary or permanent damage
2. Out-of-band Laser (High Power)
2 Exam 2 CORRECT 100%
How can satellite owners protect their capabilities from space hazards or malicious
activities against their satellites? - ANSWER 1. Maneuvering
2. Shuttering sensors
3. Shielding to guard against EM
What is a countermeasure to SATCOM jamming? - ANSWER Frequency hopping
What is the DOD's preferred approach to space control-negation? - ANSWER Tactical
denial
What is offensive space control? - ANSWER 1. Prevent hostile use of US/Third Party
space capabilities
2. Negate adversary space capabilities
3. 5 D's
What are the 5x D's? - ANSWER Temporary -
1. Deceive: mislead
2. Disrupt: temporary impairment
3. Deny: temporary elimination
Permanent -
4. Degrade: permanent impairment
5. Destroy: permanent elimination
What is defensive control? - ANSWER 1. Actions to exploit space capabilities via active
& passive means
2. Detect, characterize, and attribute to defeat attacks (satellite link protection)
What is the approval level for offensive space control operations? - ANSWER POTUS,
SECDEF
What is the most effective way to jam SATCOM? - ANSWER Through the uplink
What are the characteristics of offensive laser space threat capabilities? - ANSWER 1.
In-band Laser, Dazzler (low power)
- matches wavelength of target sensor or optics
- temporary or permanent damage
2. Out-of-band Laser (High Power)
