The new US Space Command puts a single commander in charge of waging war in space
IN THE SHADOW of the Rocky Mountains, at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, a senior officer of the US Air Force Space Command clutches a small metallic cube, scarcely larger than a Rubik’s Cube. “If we lose this cubesat in orbit,” he explains, “it could be someone else’s attack vehicle.” In the past, satellite operators—like those controlling GPS satellites from Schriever Air Force Base down the road—would have blamed problems on space weather or communication glitches.
But as space threats seemed to grow—China’s test of an anti-satellite missile in 2007 was the first by any country since 1985—the arrangement looked problematic. In 2014 a review of space policy by the Obama administration concluded that it was “critical” that America be able to identify threats in space and counter others’ anti-satellite weapons. The Trump administration intensified public warnings of those vulnerabilities.
Not everyone is convinced that the reorganisation is urgently needed. In an essay published in July on “War on the Rocks”, a website, Brian Weeden, a former space-operations officer with the air force now at the Secure World Foundation, a think-tank, warned that General Raymond might clash with geographical-area commanders. If for instance China jams American GPS signals during a war over Taiwan, Space Command and Indo-Pacific Command may disagree on how best to respond.
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