Per Mare, Per Terram, Per Spatium

It is difficult to over-emphasise the role of the space domain in contemporary military operations. The part played by space assets in modern conflict has been on an upward trajectory since the First Gulf War. General McPeak, the then Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, described the First Gulf War as the “first space war”1 owing to the extensive use of orbital assets. Since then, space systems have become increasingly embedded across all military domains – land, sea, air, and cyber – evolving into indispensable components of modern warfare. Space has revolutionised how military power is proje…