"Space Pearl Harbor": US press evaluations in 2001-2020

The article considers the struggle of the two strongest powers for a leadership position in outer space, its use for the purpose of military confrontation with each other. The authors draw attention to the estimates of the “space race” in the US periodical press, and also examine the activities of the governments of the two states. The results of the study show that the “space Pearl Harbor” includes the development of weapons to destroy the space assets of the other side.