Spacepower Is ‘Catastrophically Decisive’ In War: New Space Force Doctrine
"Because military spacepower has the potential to be the difference between victory and defeat, it must be viewed with equal importance as military power in any other domain," the Spacepower Capstone Publication says.
By Theresa Hitchens on August 10, 2020 at 5:21 PM
WASHINGTON: The Space Force’s long-awaited capstone doctrine sets out the new service’s raison d’etre, which includes providing decision-makers with potentially war-winning “spacepower†options for attacking enemy satellites in future conflicts.
The Space Capstone Publication: Spacepower “represents our Service’s first articulation of an independent theory of spacepower. This publication answers why spacepower is vital for our Nation, how military spacepower is employed, who military space forces are, and what military space forces value,†says Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond in the forward, released today.
As Breaking D readers know, crafting a warfighting doctrine for space has been on Raymond’s to-do list from the get-go, when he was first invested as head of Space Command last August, prior to the Space Force’s creation in December. After a year of wearing both command hats, Raymond is now in charge of Space Force. His successor at SPACECOM, Army Gen. James Dickinson, was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 6.
https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/spacepower-is-catastrophically-decisive-in-war-new-space-force-doctrine/
