Per Mare, Per Terram, Per Spatium

Per Mare, Per Terram, Per Spatium

27 Jan 26
Posted by: Maj Callum Gaskell RM
15 minutes, 9 seconds read
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With supporting examples from the Ukraine War, the author makes recommendations for expanding UK Commando Force space assets and integration. A 15 minute read.

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 in 1991. 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 m…

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