Conquering the Emptiness: A New Stage in the Militarization of Outer Space

... centre. The U.S. initiative caused a domino effect among its allies. In September 2019, France established, as part of its air force, a Space Command with a higher status than... ... announced the creation of a space centre at Allied Air Command in the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is planning to establish its own Space Command in 2022 , and even the... ... military space agencies a higher and more autonomous status. Significantly, this is where Russia has been well ahead of the curve, as the country’s space forces have always...