The space sector is emerging as a critical component of national defense strategy, with unprecedented investments in space-based capabilities and infrastructure. The US Space Force's budget request of USD 30 billion for fiscal year 2024, representing a 13% increase from the previous year, demonstrat...
Being able to effectively operate in space was listed among the Defense Department's priorities in the strategy. The document says modern armed forces cannot conduct quick and effective operations without communications networks enabled in part byspace capabilities. But the document also cited the incre...
Richelson, America’s Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security (Kansas University Press, Kansas, 1999), pp. 49–63, 137–148. Google Scholar For an examination of the extent to which DSP capabilities can provide launch attack characterization and assessment, see Desmond Ball, A ...
Analysis: US defense strategy for the 21st centuryJUAN WILLIAMS
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has released a plan to counter with increased threats posed by the proliferation of small drones commercially and by militaries. In a 36-page strategy released in January 2021, strong emphasis has been placed
The"Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace"was released by the US Department of Defence(DOD)in July 2011,which comprehensively analyzed the strategic positioning,threat sources and reaction tactics regarding cyberspace from the perspective of military operations.The Strategy draws a cle...
implies for US defense postures and policy involving space. Here, two schools of thought emerge regarding whether the exceptionality of the space domain requires a deterrence strategy specifically for space (what we will call ‘space deterrence’) or whether talking about deterrence of space assets ...
Cyberspace is a shared space of mankind. Every country has shared interest and future in cyberspace, and aspires to a peaceful, secure, open, cooperative and orderly cyberspace. But the US recklessly maintains its cyber hegemony, pursues “absolute security” of itself at the cost of other coun...
strategy as a proof of “Washington’s desire to ensure uncontested military domination in the world.” It warned that the expansion of the U.S. missile defense system “will inevitably start an arms race in space with the most negative consequences for international security and stability.” ...
Strategic expansion in the space sector:M&A activity within the space sector has surged, propelled by the growing demand for satellite-based communications, defense capabilities and low-Earth orbit (LEO) infrastructure. Companies are increasingly acquiring others to establish end-to-end capabilities in ...