Britain is building sensors to counter lasers that adversaries might use to blind satellites or intercept and interrupt communications, the UK government said on Friday.

The government said it will spend about £500,000 ($672,750) on the project, which involves UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency.

A UK-government commissioned security review published this summer said Britain urgently needs to bolster defences for military space systems as adversaries improve their own abilities to attack in space.

The Strategic Defence review called for Britain to invest in its own space attack capabilities, along with intelligence and navigation networks as well as satellite communications.

Militaries depend on satellites for communication, surveillance, and guidance data for troops, warships and

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