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11.04.2024 - 23:15 [ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

(19. Dezember 1966)

Article III

States Parties to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understanding.

Article IV

States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.

The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.

11.04.2024 - 23:10 [ Tass ]

Russia, US in touch on non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space — MFA

„This (US accusations – TASS) is nothing more than another attempt to find pretexts to smear Moscow‘s policies. We repeat once again for those who have not yet memorized this, that Russia is fully committed to its obligations under multilateral agreements, including those related to outer space,“ Ryabkov said. „These agreements speak for themselves. We will also continue to promote initiatives concerning the prevention of an arms race in outer space and no first placement of weapons in space.„

13.03.2024 - 00:35 [ North Atlantic Treaty Organization ]

NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024: Unprecedented Military Exercise Signals Alliance Unity and Preparedness

(26.01.2024)

During the initial phase (End of January to mid-March), the focus will be on maritime reinforcement across the Atlantic and in the Arctic. The second phase (mid-February to the end of May) will shift to using deployed reinforcements across all domains, from the Arctic to the Eastern Flank.

STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024 is a multi-domain exercise, incorporating land, air, sea, cyber, and space operations, which has been a major focus of doctrinal development at NATO Allied Command Transformation. It involves deploying forces from North America and other parts of the Alliance to Europe. Over several months, complex multi-domain operations will be conducted across thousands of kilometres, thereby enhancing civil-military cooperation and national and collective resilience.

06.03.2024 - 16:25 [ theHindu.com ]

Why is NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise significant? | Explained

According to NATO, the military exercise incorporates land, air, sea, cyber, and space operations to enhance civil-military cooperation. Over 90,000 troops from 31 NATO allies as well as special invitee Sweden are expected to participate in the exercise over the next few months.

During the first phase (Transatlantic reinforcement) of the exercise, North American forces are scheduled to move to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean. The phase includes live maritime exercises and amphibious assault training in the North Atlantic and Arctic Seas.

15.02.2024 - 17:43 [ RT.com ]

Kremlin responds to rumors of Russian space nukes

Western media reports claiming that Russia could place nuclear weapons in space are nothing more than a ploy by the White House to convince US lawmakers to approve further military aid to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Citing sources, several US media outlets reported this week that American intelligence had obtained information on purported Russian plans to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite system in space, although the idea supposedly remains at the developmental stage.

14.06.2023 - 13:27 [ BreakingDefense.com ]

Top-level study on Intel Community, Space Force satellite control coming soon

Since the Space Force’s inception three years ago, there’s been some tension between the newest military service and spy satellite agencies over who’s responsible for acquiring satellite imagery and ISR products and providing actionable information to military commanders.

18.05.2023 - 04:05 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

American Patriots nailed Putin’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile. The world has changed

Today the US National Missile Defence effort is explicitly limited to defence against the sort of attack that might be mounted by a rogue state such as North Korea: it is specifically forbidden to work on things which might be able to stop Russia’s vast ICBM force, to avoid panicking Vladimir Putin.

13.07.2021 - 12:50 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Weltraumkommando der Bundeswehr: Mehr Durchblick im All

Die NATO hatte auf ihrem letzten Gipfel im Juni erstmalig beschlossen, dass ein Angriff im Weltraum den Bündnisfall auslösen kann. Soll heißen: Ein Angriff im All auf einen kann als Angriff auf alle NATO-Staaten gewertet werden. Darüber befinden soll – von Fall zu Fall und hier auf Erden – das höchste NATO-Entscheidungsgremium, der Nordatlantikrat.

07.05.2021 - 12:25 [ DefenseNews.com ]

Germany joins nascent European push to shoot down hypersonic missiles

(November 30, 2020)

Nudged by France, Berlin changed its status from an observer nation to a participant country in the so-called TWISTER effort on Oct. 24, a Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed to Defense News. The acronym is short for Timely Warning and Interception with Space-Based Theater Surveillance. EU officials included the effort in the November 2019 roster of projects under the bloc’s Permanent Structure Cooperation, or PESCO, scheme.

07.05.2021 - 11:20 [ voanews.com ]

China Points Toward Asteroid Defense System, Comet Mission

(April 24, 2021)

The European Space Agency last year signed a deal worth 129 million euros ($156 million) to build a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA examining how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth.

07.05.2021 - 11:13 [ Businessinsider.com ]

In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn‘t stop a space rock from decimating Europe

(01.05.2021)

The experts fell short. The group determined that none of Earth‘s existing technologies could stop the asteroid from striking given the six-month time frame of the simulation. In this alternate reality, the asteroid crashed into eastern Europe.

07.05.2021 - 10:30 [ ORF.at ]

Chinesische Weltraumrakete: USA planen keinen Abschuss

„Wir können eine Menge Dinge tun, aber wir haben derzeit keinen Plan, sie abzuschießen“, sagte Verteidigungsminister Lloyd Austin gestern. Mit dem Absturz rechnet das Pentagon morgen oder am Sonntag. Eine exakte Absturzstelle sei schwer vorherzusagen.

21.04.2021 - 14:12 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Militärisches EU-Weltraumprogramm

Auch der Rat räumt die militärische Relevanz der Weltraumprogramme in seinem Standpunkt unumwunden ein: „Die Entwicklung der Weltraumwirtschaft ist seit jeher mit dem Bereich der Sicherheit verknüpft. In vielen Fällen haben die Ausrüstung, Komponenten und Instrumente, die in der Weltraumwirtschaft zum Einsatz kommen, sowie Weltraumdaten und -dienste einen doppelten Verwendungszweck. Die Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik der Union ist jedoch im Rahmen der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik im Einklang mit Titel V des Vertrags über die Europäische Union (EUV) festgelegt.“

23.03.2021 - 20:32 [ Trend.az ]

Russia, U.S. hold space security consultations

Russian-U.S. consultations on space security issues were held via video link on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

23.11.2020 - 01:32 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

CARD: Militarisierung Weltraum

Im CARD-Prozess soll der Bedarf für europäische Rüstungsprojekte eruiert werden. Im jetzt vorgelegten Bericht wird u.a. eine umfassende Militarisierung des Weltraums gefordert:

19.11.2020 - 17:58 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Boris Johnson vows to make UK the ‚foremost naval power in Europe‘ with £24bn MOD budget boost as No10 is forced to insist extra cash is not an attempt to impress Joe Biden and defence minister admits he ‚doesn‘t know‘ where money is coming from

However, there are major question marks over how the additional spending will be paid for while Downing Street has also been forced to deny that the new money for the military is simply an attempt to impress US President-elect Joe Biden.

There is growing speculation that some of the money could come from the foreign aid budget, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak due to set out the Government‘s one-year Spending Review next week.

19.11.2020 - 17:52 [ ITV.com ]

UK to set up ‚RAF Space Command capable of launching first rocket‘

The UK is setting up „RAF Space Command“, a wing of the Armed Forces which will be capable of launching Britain‘s first rocket as early as 2022, the prime minister has announced.

Boris Johnson said a military investment of £16.5 billion will also fund the development of Artificial Intelligence and a National Cyber Force aimed at targeting terrorism, organised crime and hostile state activity.

25.07.2020 - 02:56 [ Xinhuanet ]

U.S., Russia to hold talks on arms control, space security in Vienna

A U.S. delegation of staff members from the departments of State, Defense, Energy, and the National Security Council will hold a U.S.-Russia Space Security Exchange in the Austrian capital on July 27, U.S. State Department said in a statement.

26.03.2020 - 22:29 [ The Hill ]

Space Force launches first mission

The U.S. Space Force conducted its first launch Thursday, sending a military communications satellite into orbit. At 4:18 p.m., a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket blasted the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

22.12.2019 - 03:34 [ Stars and Stripes ]

Space Force is now an official branch of the military — but it still doesn‘t have its own troops

“Let there be no mistake, the United States is the best in the world in space today, and today we’re even better,” said Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, the commander of U.S. Space Command, who has led Pentagon efforts in space for months and who Trump picked Friday to be the first commander of the Space Force. “The United States Space Force will ensure that we compete, deter and win from a position of strength in securing our way of life and our national security.”

21.12.2019 - 16:43 [ ORF.at ]

USA gründen eigene Weltraumarmee

Die NATO hat den Weltraum in diesem Jahr zum eigenständigen militärischen Einsatzgebiet erklärt. Frankreichs Staatschef Emmanuel Macron kündigte im Juli den Aufbau eines militärischen Weltraumkommandos an.

05.12.2019 - 00:36 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Eine neue Rüstungsspirale greift bis in den Weltraum aus

IMI-Kongress: Die Tübinger Informationsstelle Militarisierung warnte vor Verflechtungen von neuen Technologien und digitaler Aufrüstung.

04.12.2019 - 14:37 [ devdiscourse.com ]

Don‘t take peace for granted, British PM Johnson tells NATO leaders

„History shows that peace cannot be taken for granted and even as we celebrate this anniversary we must ensure our deeds match our words,“ Johnson said. „We must never shy away from discussing new realities, particularly NATO‘s response to emerging threats like hybrid warfare and disruptive technologies including space and cyber,“ he said.

19.07.2019 - 03:11 [ GovCon Wire ]

Raytheon Awarded $88M to Help Engineer Radar at Forces Surveillance Support Center

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a 60-month, $87.7 million contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Forces Surveillance Support Center in Virginia engineer an over-the-horizon radar system.

19.07.2019 - 03:01 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung e.V. ]

Iron Sky und die Militarisierung des Weltalls

So ist also das Feld für ein neues Wettrüsten im All bereitet, das sich nach aktuellem Stand auch jeder vertraglichen Rüstungskontrolle weitgehend entziehen würde.

29.06.2019 - 19:15 [ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

(19. Dezember 1966)

Article III

States Parties to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understanding.

Article IV

States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.

The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.

29.06.2019 - 19:14 [ Wikipedia ]

People‘s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force

The People‘s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF or SSF ; Chinese: 中国人民解放军战略支援部队) is the cyber-, space-, and electronic-warfare service branch of China‘s People‘s Liberation Army.[2][3] It was established in December 2015 as part of the first wave of the People‘s Republic of China military reform.

29.06.2019 - 18:39 [ Phys.org ]

Countdown to NATO space strategy

(25.06.2019)

NATO will launch its first strategy for space this week as the alliance heads beyond the skies to defend against the likes of China and Russia.

As concerns grow about the possible militarisation of space—alongside more mundane worries about debris orbiting the Earth—allied defence ministers will sign off on a policy framework.

29.06.2019 - 18:01 [ Euractiv.de ]

Vom Cyberspace bis ins Weltall: Konflikte der Zukunft? „Das Weltall zu militarisieren“ sei jedoch kein Anliegen der #NATO, versicherte @jensstoltenberg. Warum wird also über eine Weltraum-Strategie beraten? EURACTIVs Medienpartner @dwnews berichtet

(27.06.2019)

29.06.2019 - 17:52 [ Springer.com ]

Schutzraum, Kampfzone oder Pax Americana? – Der Weltraum und die Kriegsführung der Zukunft

(2010)

In ihrer am 31. August 2006 veröffentlichten Weltraumstrategie erklärten die Vereinigten Staaten unumwunden die Absicht, nicht nur eigene Weltraumfähigkeiten zu schützen, sondern auch andere Akteure an der Nutzung des Weltraums zu hindern, sofern dies den nationalen Interessen der USA zuwiderlaufen würde:

„The United States will: preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom of action in space; dissuade or deter others from either impeding those rights or developing capabilities intended to do so; take those actions necessary to protect its space capabilities; respond to interference; and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U.S. national interest“ (The White House 2006: 1-2; eigene Hervorhebung).

Das Dokument rief weltweit überwiegend kritische Interpretationen hervor. Dabei ist es in wesentlichen Zügen nur eine Fortführung der bereits von der Regierung Bill Clintons vertretenen Weltraumstrategie (The White House 1996).

29.06.2019 - 17:33 [ Zeit.de ]

Nato beschließt erstmals Weltraumstrategie

(27.06.2019)

Es gehe nicht darum, „den Weltraum zu militarisieren“, sagte Stoltenberg. Die Nato solle vielmehr als Forum für die 29 Mitgliedstaaten dienen, um Informationen über Bedrohungen auszutauschen.

29.06.2019 - 17:23 [ Politico.com ]

Trump re-establishes U.S. Space Command

(18.12.2018)

The fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act ordered the Pentagon to establish U.S. Space Command under U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear weapons.

The Pentagon, however, opted for a fully independent Space Command on par with other warfighting commands when reviewing how space is organized within the Defense Department.

The Pentagon had an independent Space Command from 1985 until 2002, when it was folded into the U.S. Strategic Command in a reorganization.

29.06.2019 - 17:22 [ Weißes Haus ]

Text of a Memorandum from the President to the Secretary of Defense Regarding the Establishment of the United States Space Command

(18.12.2018)

Pursuant to my authority as the Commander in Chief and under section 161 of title 10, United States Code, and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I direct the establishment, consistent with United States law, of United States Space Command as a functional Unified Combatant Command. I also direct the Secretary of Defense to recommend officers for my nomination and Senate confirmation as Commander and Deputy Commander of the new United States Space Command.

29.06.2019 - 17:14 [ Wikipedia ]

United States Space Command

The United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense, created in 1985 to coordinate the use of outer space by the United States Armed Forces.

29.06.2019 - 17:02 [ Bloomberg Government ]

Space Force Nears Approval as First New Military Arm Since 1947

(17.06.2019)

The House Armed Services Committee under a Democratic majority voted Thursday for what it calls Space Corps, following a similar move last month by the GOP-led Senate backing a Space Force—the name President Donald Trump coined. While initially met with skepticism in Congress, the panels almost certainly will greenlight the dedicated unit in the final defense authorization bill this year.