BLUF
The UK has established No. III Space Effects Squadron. Its purpose is to protect critical satellites and counter hostile space threats through electronic warfare and other capabilities.Learning Outcomes
- Explain the role and purpose of No. III Space Effects Squadron in protecting UK space assets and countering hostile activities through offensive and defensive space operations.
- Assess the importance of space capabilities to national security and civilian infrastructure, including communications, navigation, intelligence, missile warning, emergency services, and critical national networks.
- Analyse the UK’s evolving space strategy, including the concepts of space control, deterrence, electronic warfare, international cooperation, and the balance between military capability and the peaceful use of space.
