SpaceWar.com reports: “EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Wednesday the bloc could hit back with sanctions against any attacks in space, pointing to hostile actions by Russia.

‘We are already the targets of hybrid warfare. Including in space — with systematic jamming of satellite navigation signals,’ Kallas told a conference in Brussels.

‘There are risks to our satellites, the ground infrastructure, and our space industries from kinetic, electronic, and high-energy weapons. Espionage is a constant threat.’

The former Estonian prime minister pointed as an example to Russia’s firing of an anti-satellite missile and cyberattack on a space system just ahead of its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

She sounded a warning to the EU’s 27 nations, saying they must beef up their ability to respond to threats in space.

The EU needed to get better at monitoring and pinpointing those responsible, and could extend the bloc’s mutual defence clause to cover space, she said…”