As part of a plan to ensure its total military supremacy, the US is preparing to complete the domination of space – by any means necessary. Neil Mackay explains the terrifying new face of global warfare
IT SOUNDS like the stuff of the darkest sci-fi fantasies, but it’s not. The Air Force Space Command Strategic Master Plan is a clear statement of the US’s intention to dominate the world by turning space into the crucial battlefield of the 21st century.
The document details how the US Air Force Space Command is developing exotic new weapons, nuclear warheads and spacecraft to allow the US to hit any target on earth within seconds. It also unashamedly states that the US will not allow any other power to get a foothold in space.
The rush to militarise space will also see domestic laws and foreign agreements torn up. As the document warns: ‘To fully develop and exploit [space] … some US policies and international treaties may need to be reviewed and modified’.
The document also opens the door for the US to become the only global policeman. Control of space will give it uniquely instantaneous reach, capable of ‘worldwide military operations.’
The first page of the document clearly spells out America’s agenda. General Lance W Lord, of Air Force Space Command, writes in his foreword: ‘As guardians of the High Frontier, Air Force Space Command has the vision and the people to ensure the United States achieves space superiority today and in the future.’
Although little is known about Space Command in Europe, it is central to the US military machine and staffed by some 40,000 military and civilians.
In gung-ho language, the foreword reads: ‘Precision weapons guided to their targets by space-based navigation – instant global communications for commanders and their forces – enemy weapons of mass destruction held at risk by a ready force of intercontinental ballistic missiles – adversary missiles detected within seconds of launch. This is not a vision of the future. This is space today!’
Lord adds: ‘Our space team is building capabilities that provide the President with a range of space power options to discourage aggression or any form of coercion against the United States.’
‘Today, control of this high ground means superiority … and significant force enhancement. Tomorrow, ownership may mean instant engagement anywhere in the world.’
The document proclaims US aspirations to ‘global vigilance, reach and power’, and Space Command says its vision ‘looks 25 years into the future and is summed up as follows: space warfighting forces providing continuous deterrence and prompt global engagement for America … through the control and exploitation of space’.
The aim, the SMP says, is to:
‘Extend the reach, precision and intensity of US military power and operations.’
‘Ensure the ability to apply space forces when and where we need them and that our adversary understands the advantage we possess.’
The SMP also shows how the US fears advances in space technology among other nations – including its European allies. ‘Space capabilities are proliferating internationally,’ it says, ‘a trend that can reduce the advantages we currently enjoy.’ It points out that Space Command has no control over the European Galileo satellite system .
A list of strategies and objectives detail the goals of Space Command in the coming years. These include:
creating an instantaneous global strike force.
Total monitoring of the Earth by ‘real-time global situation awareness.’
a nuclear arsenal in space.
the development of exotic new weapons.
the maintenance of US military dominance. The doctrine declares: ‘when challenged, pursue superiority in space through robust … defensive and offensive capabilities.’
a fully integrated ‘land, sea, air and space war-fighting system.’
The conclusion of the SMP report leaves no doubt of how important these plans are to the US military and government: ‘Expanding the role of space in future conflicts … produces a fully integrated air and space force that is persuasive in peace, decisive in war and pre-eminent in any form of conflict.’
US plan to own Space!
They harp on about nuclear weapons and WMD’s they currently crying about iran and a few factories. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA did not mention word about the US and it mini nuke or its weapons of mass destruction yet developng nations are harrassed for developing neccessary weapons of defence against terrorist states like the israelis or the US who make no secret of developing WMDs!
What will the IAEA say about this current WMD space project Nothing is my prediction because it a western agency used for western agendas!