BLUF
Space increasingly underpins global security; yet rapid militarisation, technological advances, and geopolitical competition mean Australia will likely align with the US in treating space as an operational warfighting domain. China’s counter-space capabilities advancing.Learning Outcomes
- Strategic Awareness: Builds understanding of how space is shifting from an enabling platform to a contested warfighting domain, influencing international security dynamics.
- Air and Space Power Literacy: Highlights technological developments, alliance commitments, and strategic implications of satellite-based operations in modern conflict.
