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February 1st, 2016
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In an on-line story today from Defense One: “USAF Stands Up Space Mission Force to Counter Russia, China,” written by Patrick Tucker.
The story explains that today, on February 1, “the Air Force will stand up a Space Mission Force at the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, the first of several steps meant to put more experienced and ready people in charge of watching U.S. military satellites.”
Later this year, the Defense One story adds, “the Air Force will stand up two more Space Mission Force crews in Colorado: one at the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base and then one at the 460th Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base.”
The Pentagon has been preparing for space war for decades, holding war games. “But the Space Mission Force represents an entirely different kind of buildup,” Tucker explains.
Limited war strategy for space
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Meanwhile, late last month, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has issued: From Sanctuary to Battlefield – A Framework for a U.S. Defense and Deterrence Strategy for Space, authored by Elbridge Colby, the Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at CNAS.
The revealing white paper details the vital importance of space to the United States and the increasing threat. The report outlines defense and deterrence for space and the need for a “limited war strategy for space,” along with a framework for favorably limiting war in space.
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The CNAS white paper explains that “the United States should continue to make clear that it would regard any attacks in space as constituting a grave form of escalation. But it should back that assertion with an ability to fight and prevail in a limited war in space. Nothing would be so likely to prevent any such war from happening, or to limit its baleful consequences should it break out, as a clear ability to do just that.”
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Resources:
For the Defense One story, “USAF Stands Up Space Mission Force to Counter Russia, China,” go to:
To access the new CNAS white paper, From Sanctuary to Battlefield – A Framework for a U.S. Defense and Deterrence Strategy for Space, go to:
http://www.cnas.org/from-sanctuary-to-battlefield#.Vq9t4NIrKt9
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