space control

    From Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations, 10 April 2018:

3. Space Control

    a. Space control employs OSC and defensive space control (DSC) operations to ensure freedom of action in space and, when directed, defeat efforts to interfere with or attack US or allied space systems. Space control plans and capabilities use a broad range of response options to provide continued, sustainable use of space. Space control contributes to space deterrence by employing a variety of measures to assure the use of space, attribute enemy attacks, and consistent with the right to self-defense, target threat space capabilities.

    b. OSC. OSC operations consist of offensive operations conducted for space negation, where negation involves measures deceive, disrupt, degrade, deny, or destroy space systems or services. Adversaries, both state and non-state actors, will exploit the availability of space-based capabilities to support their operations. In keeping with the principles of joint operations, this makes it incumbent on the US to deny adversaries the ability to utilize space capabilities and services. OSC actions targeting an enemy’s space-related capabilities and forces could employ reversible and/or nonreversible means.

        (1) Deceive. Measures designed to mislead an adversary by manipulation, distortion, or falsification of evidence or information into a system to induce the adversary to react in a manner prejudicial to their interests.

        (2) Disrupt. Measures designed to temporarily impair an adversary’s use or access of a system for a period, usually without physical damage to the affected system.

        (3) Deny. Measures designed to temporarily eliminate an adversary’s use, access, or operation of a system for a period, usually without physical damage to the affected system.

        (4) Degrade. Measures designed to permanently impair (either partially or totally) the adversary’s use of a system, usually with some physical damage to the affected system.

        (5) Destroy. Measures designed to permanently eliminate the adversary’s use of a system, usually with physical damage to the affected system.

    c. DSC. DSC operations consist of all active and passive measures taken to protect friendly space capabilities from attack, interference, or unintentional hazards. DSC safeguards assets from unintentional hazards such as direct or indirect attack, space debris, radio frequency interference, and naturally occurring phenomenon such as radiation. DSC measures can apply to defense of any segment of a space system—space, link, or ground.

        (1) Successful DSC operations include the ability to preempt and suppress attacks. DSC capabilities should be integrated with SSA elements that provide the ability to detect, characterize, and attribute an attack to an enemy. A robust DSC capability influences enemies’ perceptions of US space capabilities and makes them less confident of success in interfering with those capabilities.

        (2) DSC contributes to space deterrence by employing a variety of measures that help assure the use of space and, consistent with the inherent right of self-defense, defend our space systems and contribute to the defense of allied/partner space systems.

        (3) Active space defense consists of those actions taken to neutralize imminent space control threats to friendly space forces and space capabilities.

        (4) Passive space defense consists of all measures (except active space defense measures) taken to minimize the effectiveness of on-orbit and terrestrial threats to friendly space forces and friendly space capabilities. Passive space defense measures could include camouflage, concealment, and deception; evasion; dispersal of space systems; and hardening of space system links and nodes.

—Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations, 10 April 2018

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0. fans of space
1. Space Force
2. response to criticism of Space Force
3. space situational awareness
4. space control
5. protecting satellites
6. space debris
7. navigation warfare
8. surveillance
9. satellite communications
10. environmental monitoring
11. missile warning
12. nuclear detonation detection
13. drones
14. spacelift
15. space academy
16. spaceborne military base
17. asteroid mining
18. disaster relief
19. first contact
20. space warfare
21. spaceborne energy
22. spaceborne food
23. orbital ring
24. moon base
25. colonizing the solar system
26. megastructures
27. T O & E
28. Pence speech
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