Posted on Aug 4, 2021
SPACECOM Head Touts Space, High Seas Parallels - Breaking Defense
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I did not know the Army had a Space Command SSG Robert Mark Odom. I'm still trying o get over the creation of the Space Force as a separate branch of the military! I think they just wanted some more Generals!
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That article confused me more! lol. It was probably written randomly because they are trying to find doctrines that apply to space and earth missions. I am positive they want to enumerate Mission Essential Task Lists. We need smart out of the box thinkers.
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SSG Robert Mark Odom
WASHINGTON: Space, including cislunar space, is as strategically important as the high seas, and Space Command has much to learn from naval operations over the years — including how to develop, and enforce, international norms of behavior, Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM head, said on Tuesday.
“In general, there are just too many similarities in maritime and space operating environments to ignore the mutual benefits of our growing synergy,” he said during the Navy League’s Sea Air Space symposium.
For example, he noted that “long haul communications” and theater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities are key requirements for both space and naval operations. In both the space and maritime domains, he stressed, protecting lines of communication are critical.
In particular, Dickinson touted the importance of cislunar space (the volume of space between the Earth’s outer orbit and that of the Moon) — drawing parallels to the vital importance of operations on the high seas."...
WASHINGTON: Space, including cislunar space, is as strategically important as the high seas, and Space Command has much to learn from naval operations over the years — including how to develop, and enforce, international norms of behavior, Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM head, said on Tuesday.
“In general, there are just too many similarities in maritime and space operating environments to ignore the mutual benefits of our growing synergy,” he said during the Navy League’s Sea Air Space symposium.
For example, he noted that “long haul communications” and theater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities are key requirements for both space and naval operations. In both the space and maritime domains, he stressed, protecting lines of communication are critical.
In particular, Dickinson touted the importance of cislunar space (the volume of space between the Earth’s outer orbit and that of the Moon) — drawing parallels to the vital importance of operations on the high seas."...
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