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Real Space Strategy: Starlink, Key Tool in the Battle for Freedom?

Christopher Stone0 Comments

In this conversation, Christopher Stone and Ilan Berman discuss the potential of Starlink, the satellite internet service by SpaceX, to promote informational freedom in regions under authoritarian control. Berman emphasizes…

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictAEI, air base, aircraft, anti-satellite, ASAT, China, GOVSATCOM, great-power war, Russia, Russian Space, satellite, satellite attack, Space, space infrastructure, US Space Command

There Can be No “Enduring Advantage in Space” without Space Superiority

Christopher Stone1 Comment

The American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) new report, Building an Enduring Advantage in the Third Space Age, is a well-written report, authored by the well-known and respected Todd Harrison. Found in…

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictcommercial space, defense budget, DoD, GPS, NDAA, proliferation, SASC, Space, space bill, space defense, space deterrence, space force, space policy, US Congress

Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The US Space Force, if judged by inflation-adjusted funding in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 and 2025 budgets, is showing signs of decline. The Biden administration’s FY 2025 request of…

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictaerospace industry, engineers, jet propulsion, lunar, Mars, Moon, NASA, National Security, OSAM-1, satellite, Space, Space Flight, Space orbit, STEM

Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

Alexis Schlotterback2 Comments

On February 22, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York updated its list of labor outcomes by major for college graduates. Surprisingly, the data revealed that aerospace engineering is…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveBusiness, commerce, Industry, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Japan Ministry of Defense, JASD, Space, space deterrence, Space Security, SPACETIDE, Tokyo

Japan’s Ministry of Defense: Opening Space Security to the Commercial Sector

Christophe Bosquillon1 Comment

On February 28, 2024, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Tokyo, which is also Japan’s largest start-up hub, held a Japan Air Self-Defense Force–sponsored online event, “Space Security and…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesASAT, AUKUS, Australia, commercial space, DARC, Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, defence, Defence Space Command, Defence Space Strategy, Defence Strategic Review, GEO, LEO, NDS, satellite, Space, UK

Where Next for Australia’s Defence Force in Space?

Malcolm Davis1 Comment

The Albanese government’s 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS), and its accompanying Integrated Investment Program (IIP), both released on April 17, represent the beginning of a biennial process of defense policy…

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictAir Force, Army, CBO, congress, forces, pentagon, Space, space force, Space National Guard, spacepower

Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework

Christopher Stone0 Comments

Since the establishment of the United States Space Force in 2019, many in the federal defense establishment have aggressively fought to prevent the establishment of the Space National Guard. The…

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictanti-satellite, Arms Control, ASAT, China, NGO, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, outer space law, policy, Russia, satellite, Space, space deterrence

Two Years After the ASAT Test Ban: A Realistic Assessment

Michael J. Listner2 Comments

Introduction Two years have passed since the United States announced a unilateral ban on the testing of destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons. The ban was announced on April 12, 2022, and…

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictanti-satellite, Beijing, China, defense, EMP, high-energy, kinetic, Moscow, Nuclear Weapons, on-orbit, outer space treaty, Russia, satellite, Space, space-attack, space-based, spacecraft, Sputnuke, surveillance, weapons

To Deter in Space, the US Needs On-Orbit Parity

Joe Buff0 Comments

Space forms an infinite supranational common, which, as ultimate high ground, envelops the Earth and offers significant opportunity positive or negative use. Whoever can achieve on-orbit military superiority has the…

Archive, Space Deterrence & ConflictASD, congress, defense space strategy, integrated deterrence, LEO, missile defense, NASA, National Space Council, NDAA, OSD, policy, Space, space deterrence, strategic adversaries, USSPACECOM

Congress Must Demand Stronger Leadership from OSD Space Policy

Peter Garretson1 Comment

In 2019, Congress created the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy (ASD Space Policy) to elevate space within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and provide…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictallies, budget, EU, Europe, NATO, policy, Space, space defense, strategic autonomy

European Commission: Taking Charge of Space Defense

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

European Commissioner Thierry Breton recently recalled what former President Donald Trump told the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula van der Leyen, back in 2020. Trump suggested that he…