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The Pentagon officials have announced that Russia has successfully finalized tests for anti-satellite missile. This missile has the capability for disabling the navigation network and military communications of the United States. A report from the Business Insider indicated that the test took place on 16^th December 2016 and it was the third successful launch of the PL-Nudol missile. The top-ranking Pentagon officials believe that the United States basically rely on its satellite networks and deficiency in the similar anti-satellite weapons is making the U.S as an easy target in the space. The Russian officials have declared that the Nudol missiles will be used for defensive purposes against deadly enemy weapons, but the Pentagon officials have categorized them as a direct activity of anti-satellite weapons.

The U.S intelligence officials have predicted that it would take just 2 dozen or more anti-satellite attacks to create disruption with the military operations of the United States. They also confirmed that U.S is actually relying for communications and navigation to target just for intelligence objectives. The former strategic arms policy-maker of Pentagon, Mark Schneider said that it can potentially result in our defeat in the case of intensive conflict. He added that the entire loss of the GPS network or its massive degradation can terminate the efficiency of entire available long-range traditional cruise missile strikes. It can also degrade the functionality to most of our precious guided weapons. He confirmed that U.S is also taking steps to move away from just relying on GPS because Russia has also planned for terrestrial missile jamming systems.