The US Space Force has established a special force responsible for space "orbital warfare"
Recently, according to the US "National Interest" magazine website, the US Space Force has established the "Space Delta 9 Team" based on the Air Force’s 750th Combat Group. Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, its main mission is to prepare, deploy and protect designated and affiliated forces, so as to launch protective and defensive military operations for deterrence and, if necessary, defeating orbital threats. And provide response options for national decision-making authorities.
"Space Delta 9" has 4 units under its jurisdiction, namely the 1st Combat Squadron, the 3rd Combat Squadron, the 750th Combat Support Squadron and the 1st Task Force. According to the currently announced situation, the 1st combat squadron is responsible for operating space-based surveillance satellites including space-based space surveillance systems, advanced technology risk reduction systems, combat response space 5 satellites, and geosynchronous space situational awareness programs. The 3rd Combat Squadron is responsible for the operation of the National Defense Satellite Communication System No. 3 satellite and the broadband global satellite communication system. The 750th Combat Support Squadron is responsible for daily training, intelligence support and other support tasks.
expert analysis: "orbit" is the "homestead" of spacecraft in outer space.
, the "Space Delta 9 Team" has just been established not long after it has attracted the attention of many media, and it can be seen that its mission involves a new The term "orbital warfare". What exactly is this track? In addition, the equipment used by this orbital warfare force is all satellites with various functions. What kind of consideration did the United States take for choosing them as weapons and equipment? Come and listen to the analysis of military expert Wang Mingliang.
Military expert Wang Mingliang: What is an orbit? In layman's terms, it is the homestead of a country or international organization's spacecraft in outer space. There are many orbits in outer space, especially the near-Earth space, which is relatively close to the earth. In this space, the spacecraft inside have become denser. In other words, rail resources are becoming less and less homesteads. Therefore, if various countries want to carry out space activities, they usually have to apply for frequencies and orbits from international organizations, mainly the International Radio Union. Therefore, orbital resources are actually a very important right of a country or an international organization in space activities. So if you add a war word to the word track, it is obvious. This is a kind of military confrontation that revolves around orbital resources, or these spacecraft in orbit.
In fact, the main equipment of the space army is satellites. From the data point of view, it has the first combat squadron and four squadrons under it. The
first combat unit is responsible for the control of space-based space surveillance satellites. What is this for? Satellites look at satellites, it looks specifically at other people's satellites.
Then it also has a satellite called Combat Quick Response 5, which is a small satellite. What is quick response? I will post it anytime during the war. It is not too big, but very small. The third satellite of
is a high-orbit surveillance satellite and a geosynchronous space surveillance satellite. Four of them belong to it.
So the equipment in the hands of these three types of satellites is obviously characterized by tight orbital warfare. I watch satellites, I don't watch the ground.
I look at the satellite from space, so that it can be seen more accurately than on the ground. Its surveillance satellites claim to be able to see objects more than one centimeter in orbit.
It responds to satellite 5 scanning high orbit 15 times a day. Other people's satellites are moving, and they are staring at them, which is a great influence and interference for other countries.
News link: Space missions performed by the X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft
In addition to satellites, the first task force of the "Space Delta 9 Team" also took over the X-37B Aerospace that was originally managed by the US Air Force People airplane. The X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft is only a quarter of the size of an ordinary space shuttle, but it has an amazing speed.And has a strong potential for reconnaissance and attack. This aerospace drone has been shrouded in a mysterious halo ever since its appearance. The U.S. military has rarely revealed its mission and whereabouts. Let’s take a short video to learn about the space missions it has performed. The
X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft is a reusable space aircraft developed by the Boeing Company of the United States. It is launched into space by a rocket. It is the first aircraft that can fly in the orbit of the earth’s satellites and enter the atmosphere at the same time. After the mission is over, it can automatically return to the ground, so it is also considered the prototype of the future space fighter.
According to information released by the US Air Force, since 2010, the X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft has repeatedly carried mysterious payloads to space.
On April 23, 2010, the first X-37B was successfully launched from the launch pad of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida for the first test flight. However, the U.S. Air Force did not disclose the specific purpose of the aircraft, nor did it specify the items carried on the flight.
On March 5, 2011, the second X-37B orbital test vehicle, equipped with the "Cosmos God-5" carrier rocket, was successfully launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida, USA, and was launched on June 16, 2012 Successfully returned to Earth.
Subsequently, X-37B carried out three more missions in December 2012, May 2015, and September 2017, and it stayed in Earth orbit for longer and longer: 224 days, 468 days from the beginning. Days, 675 days, 717 days and 780 days later.
In May of this year, the X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida and began its sixth flight mission. Unlike the previous 5 times, this test flight was completed by the newly formed Space Force.
Expert analysis: X-37B has the potential to "strike global targets quickly"
From research and development to the present, the X-37B aerospace unmanned aircraft has been controversial, among which there is a view that it is actually a space fighter. Previously, the U.S. Department of Defense had a “rapid global strike to attack any target on the earth within two hours”. With the emergence of the X-37B, an aerial and sky unmanned aircraft, the U.S. believes that it will become a global Strike platform, then, can the X-37B air-space unmanned aircraft realize this strategic vision of the US military? Z1z
military expert Wang Mingliang's analysis: The Americans are now constructing a set of strike system and tactics system that strikes the world from the world, from the air and the sky. It is called the global instant rapid strike, or the conventional instant rapid strike. That is, within one to two hours, fire can be launched from any point to strike any target in the world. So X-37B should be said that it also has such a potential, it is now developing some hypersonic bombs, it is this kind of global instant strike weapon. The difference is that after launching from the ground, those weapons rely on hypersonic movement to achieve rapid strikes. The biggest advantage of the X-37B spacecraft is that it does not need it, and it saves the process of launching from the ground. It stays in space for a long time. It hits directly down, so the timeliness of its strikes may be stronger. So it has such potential.
Of course, judging from the X-37B itself, if it wants to hit ground targets, it may be a little smaller, and it can’t carry too much ammunition. But we said that if this principle is amplified, as an orbital bomber, this possibility exists.
News link The United States has established a space army to promote space militarization
In recent years, the United States has continuously strengthened its anti-satellite combat capabilities. The establishment of an "orbital warfare" force is the latest move by the United States to promote space militarization. As early as 2018, U.S. President Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to initiate the formation of the Space Force, which also made the Space Force the sixth service of the U.S. armed forces.
Space Force becomes the sixth largest service of the U.S. Armed Forces
On December 20, 2019, U.S. President Trump signed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act at a ceremony held at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The bill agreed to establish the Space Force as the sixth largest service in the United States, and required the Pentagon to reformInteraction and cooperation in the field of technological innovation. According to this bill, the former US Air Force Space Command was renamed the Space Force. About 16,000 of the 3,400 officers, 6,200 soldiers and some civilian personnel under the US Air Force were transferred to the Space Army sequence.
Although the Space Army has brought endless reveries to the Americans, it has also brought a lot of confusion. On the evening of January 17, 2020, local time, the U.S. Space Force posted a photo of the uniform and service logo on its Twitter account. This combat uniform has a four-star military rank and is printed with a space operations command badge. Although the work of the Space Army is carried out in the sky, they still use traditional camouflage patterns, so this uniform without the theme of the universe has also caused controversy on social media.
The U.S. Space Force will welcome its first astronaut
11 months after its establishment, the U.S. Space Force has absorbed space resources from traditional forces such as the Air Force and Army. According to a report on the US "Military" website on November 2, the US Space Force will welcome its first astronaut recently. This astronaut is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He will be officially transferred to the US Space Force on the International Space Station this month. . With the joining of the first astronauts, the enlistment of the first batch of recruits, the dispatch of the first space force, etc., the US space force is gradually moving from a mocked paper force to a combat force.
The United States contributes to the global wave of space militarization
With the help of the United States, a wave of space militarization has begun around the world. In May of this year, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's first space force "Space Operations Team" was established and will cooperate with the United States. . In 2019, France also announced the establishment of a space military command to further accelerate the development of space military and respond to possible conflicts in space in the future. Russia even included air and space defense forces into the air force sequence as early as 2015. Avoid being marginalized in the new round of strategic competition.
expert analysis: a round of arms race against space has quietly begun
As mentioned above, the military forces of many countries in the world are vying to enter the space field. It can be said that a new round of arms race against space has quietly begun. What impact will the arms race of China have on the current and future world situation?
The United States took the lead in establishing the space army to instigate the militarization of space
military expert Wang Mingliang: If we say this kind of space arms race or space competition, it is closely related to the international situation and competition among major powers. The emergence of space armaments back then was the US-Soviet Cold War. So now we say that there has been a pattern of competition among major powers.
It is closely integrated with the escalating development trend of space militarization that we are now seeing. Then the Americans took the lead in establishing the space army, which should be said to have played a provocative role in the militarization, even weaponization, and even warfare of the entire space. It is certainly a great harm to the peace of the whole world.
The United States expands its space superiority and endangers world peace
military expert Wang Mingliang: Let’s talk about the issue of contacting the Delta 9 team today. It is to establish a way to expand its original advantage in space, or even a dominant advantage. It will increase the instability of space. Now the satellites of various countries are facing each other in space, and we say they operate there according to their respective homesteads. Now that you have made a mobile thing, you are running around, which is especially easy to cause misjudgment. You can come close and see, you come close to other people’s satellites, and you have to see other people. Isn’t this a choice? So at least from these two angles, what it is doing now is definitely bringing new and such a harm to the peace of the whole world.
