Nato is preparing for war in space. According to information from the German press Agency, 29 Alliance States decided on Tuesday to explain the All of a stand-alone operation area.
The decision is to be announced this Wednesday at a foreign Ministers ‘ meeting officially. Specifically, the decision of the Nato could mean that possible attacks from outer space will in the future be treated as a Alliance case – as to date of attacks on the ground or in the air, sea or cyber space.
The Alliance should also be a key forum for the exchange of skills and information to support without, however, even the use of space weapons or to develop them even.
“Nato has no intention to deploy weapons in space, but we need to make sure that our missions and operations have the appropriate support,” said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday shortly before the decision in Brussels. The All for example for early warning systems, communication and Navigation are of crucial importance.
dependence on technology in All
The Norwegian was, of course, to the fact that Nato is becoming more and more of technology in All dependent. Satellite communication for military running operations, they are used for reconnaissance and espionage, as well as for navigation systems. Conversely, this means that an attack on satellites of the Nato-States could restrict their right to defence capability significantly.
Add to that attacks on satellites could be used in the case of war, to parts of public life, shutting down. For example, the processing of cashless payment and navigation systems for the road, Maritime and air transport could be severely affected.
in addition to the Nato country, the USA, especially States like Russia, China and India have increased their skills in space considerably. India tested last spring by the Start of its own satellites a successful Anti-satellite missile. In addition, increasingly skills will be tested, the satellite, for example, by Laser or cyber-attacks off.
Nato countries operate 1000 satellite
in addition to the threat the possibly resulting space junk is seen as a danger. Thus, satellites or parts of them might cause damage to, for example, the International space station ISS. Currently, approximately 2,000 satellites circling the earth, said Stoltenberg on Tuesday. About half of them will be operated by Nato countries.
The German Astronaut Matthias Maurer has criticised India’s Test at that time sharp. “A satellite shoot, to prove that it is a world power room, shows not only that it is,” he wrote on Twitter. “No responsible space power contributes voluntarily to the creation of space junk!”
That calls for a militarization of space, which are in principle supported also by Nato, to show effectiveness, however, is questionable. So, US President, Donald Trump has arranged in December 2018, the formation of the “United States Space Command”. The aim is to establish by the end of 2020, “United States Space Force” as the sixth U.S. armed forces. As a first step towards appreciation of the universe, Nato had already decided in June for the first time, a space strategy. (aru/sda)
Created: 19.11.2019, 21:34 PM
