Australia stands up defence space command, releases strategy

Summary

This article by Julian Kerr and Oishee Majumdar, writing for Janes, makes the following points:

• Australia's space command officially began operations on 22 March.
• Mr Dutton announced the release of Australia's Defence Space Strategy to guide 'the efforts and priorities' of the defence space command.
• The new entity comprises personnel from the three services of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Department of Defence (DoD) personnel, and industry contractors.

References

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• Australia and New Zealand should help their island neighbours get into space | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• What is Australia's space division, and why is it in the military? | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• MAR 2022  Russia and China give Australia’s space commander the need for speed—ASPI
• MAR 2022  Defence Minister Peter Dutton flags future US-style Space Force for Australia—ABC
• MAR 2022  Australia launches Space Command division—Sky News
• MAR 2022 US says Australia an important ally in deterring space hostility from China, Russia—Canberra Times    

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• Article Source: Janes
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