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If you haven't listened to this week's episode of Real Space Strategy, here's a quote to encourage you to do so.... “… people need to keep in perspective how dependent we have become on space … those 10,200 satellites on-orbit of every nation’s registry are up there doing 24/7 365 day operations and it becomes awfully easy for our sister services to look at the Space Force as a service provider … there is not going to be any support to the warfighter if we get into a war because our satellites are absolutely undefended … the enemy has more weapons than we have satellites that they need to defend. Space Force only operates an average of 70 satellites. The Chinese have 400 satellites. We are a second-rate Space Force; we took our eyes off the ball … right now the Space Force is getting about 3.5% of the entire DoD budget and we have to catch up. We are so far behind the curve plus we have over- bureaucratized our management of space … we have to provide space superiority in challenged and contested space, or we won’t be able to provide services to anyone anywhere … we don’t have the types of weapons to hold at risk enemies who would challenge us in space. Therefore, we have no deterrent capability, no deterrent credibility. We are sitting ducks.” Dr. M.V. "Coyote Smith, Professor of Strategic Space Studies, Air Command and Staff College – Real Space Strategy Podcast 24 Jun 2024 https://lnkd.in/d7zyf8Ai

The increasing dependence on #space systems marks a pivotal juncture for global infrastructure, where space acts not only as a strategic asset, but also as a critical enabler for diverse capabilities. Curious how to build an ecosystem for responsive space? In our latest study we have identified four critical bottlenecks in deploying responsive space systems:

Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space ‘In the coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities’ https://lnkd.in/eYqPjfgx

Released today by Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in collaboration with United States Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory, the 2023 State of the Space Industrial Base (SSIB) Report is now published. In its fifth year of publication, this annual report collects feedback from the commercial space sector gathered during workshops held across the United States and aggregates them into recommendations for government consideration and action. Link to Report Here: https://lnkd.in/g_WcbH97 #spaceeconomy #nationalsecurity #defensetechnology https://lnkd.in/e_WZ_JR9

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬: A discussion with Col. Bryon E. C. McClain, Space Force Program Executive Officer, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, Space Systems Command on our new policy paper "Small Satellites: Answering the Call for Space Superiority"

For your consideration, from yesterday’s testimony of General Stephen Whiting, Commander U.S. Space Command, before the Senate Armed Services Committee: “On-orbit refueling, in-space assembly, modular hardware change-out, and urgent orbital resupply would enable dynamic space operations and change how this Command achieves and maintains space superiority. Legacy space systems, constrained by the technological limitations of their time, were launched to space with only the fuel and payloads they would have for their lifetimes; thus, they have minimal operational maneuverability, flexibility, or inherent defensive capability. Modern systems, beginning today, must provide greater flexibility through maneuver, upgradability, or re-supply. Dynamic space platforms purpose-built to support space maneuver will provide far greater capability and capacity to deter, surprise, maintain initiative, and conduct other operations required today and in the near future. The PRC is moving forward in this area. The urgency with which we must approach, and appropriately fund, this critical endeavor cannot be overstated.” #maneuver_without_regret

As dependence on space systems grows, the industry must adapt with new technologies and international cooperation. Learn about the future of space as a critical enabler in our new report. 🌍 #SpaceEconomy #Innovation

World Famous Scholar and Space Expert Is Now Providing Important Lectures on Space Warfare. The internationally acclaimed expert on space strategies and space warfare, Paul Szymanski, is presenting an on-line lecture on how to fight and win space wars. You are cordially invited to participate in this seminar, and ask questions of Mr. Szymanski afterwards on his vast knowledge of this critical subject. At this unclassified lecture he will present the foundational issues of space warfare including doctrine, strategies and tactics, and provide a history of previous space wars since the 1960’s. He will also provide technical orbital descriptions of space attacks that occurred during the Ukrainian conflict. Finally, he will talk about his assessment of who is the primary space powers around the World and their political implications. For his second lecture, he will describe 100 different means of attacking satellites without creating space debris. As a part of registration for this lecture, attendees will be included in Mr. Szymanski’s weekly on-line discussion forums and periodically receive his space war concept papers. This is a not to be missed series of lectures presented on June 14th and June 29th! You are invited to a Zoom webinar 1: When: Jun 14, 2024 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: How to Fight and Win Space Wars! Register in advance for this webinar: https://lnkd.in/gs-ETYJc You are invited to a Zoom webinar – 2: When: Jun 29, 2024 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: 100 Ways to Attack Satellites Without Creating Debris Fields Register in advance for this webinar: https://lnkd.in/gn4Y7azM Independent comments about Mr. Szymanski’s previous space warfare webinars: 1.    "Paul Szymanski is America’s premier space strategist" 2.    “Paul Szymanski is almost a prophet when it comes to space warfare.” 3.    "Yours was the best lecture of the semester." 4.    "One of the best presentations on Strategy I’ve seen." 5.    “I have worked in the space field for 30 years and I have never met someone who knows more about space warfare and operations than Paul."

The U.S. Space Force’s $29.4 billion fiscal year 2025 budget request is $600 million lower than FY24, following three years of growth. The dip is constrained by funding limits imposed in the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act. Follow us for the latest news updates ➡️ Global Defense Online https://lnkd.in/em6rgeyS #NationalDefenseNews #NationalSecurityNews #SpaceTechnologyNews

The NEW United States Space Force Futures Command holds the keys to many exciting possibilities. The primary objective is to increase readiness for great power competition with China and Russia. Futures Command "will be made up of three components: A Concepts and Technologies Center, a Wargaming Center and the Space Warfighting and Analysis Center (SWAC)." I hope they also plan to include considerations for the impacts of #economics and #finance power on future great power competition. The #USA 🇺🇸 and our allies win when we use all of our tools and advantages to deter and defend both Earth and the future #spaceeconomy 🌚🛰👍. If they need any help, I know a Chief Space Economist who is itching to get back into uniform. -GSP- MilkyWayEconomy The Space Economy