If the U.S. cannot interrupt the hydrophone kill chain feeding information to Chinese satellites and missiles, it would face the difficult strategic choice of escalating to anti-satellite warfare, which would be a bad day as president and represents a significant operational problem.
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Caitlin TalmadgeEvidence Quote
“if the United States does something else to interrupt that kill change so is it going to engage in anti-satellite attacks against uh the satellites then if it can't interrupt the the sensor networks that are that are feeding that information to the satellites um maybe that that isn't a decision I'd I'd really want to have to make as president”
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Then What? Assessing The Military Implications Of Chinese Control Of Taiwan | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:53:18 AM
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