America’s Military Space Force: What Is It and What It’s Up Against

REQUIRED READINGS

Bingen, Kari, et. al. Space Threat Assessment 2023, Washington, DC: CSIS, April 2023, pp. 8-21.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, “Commanding Space: The Story Behind the Space Force,” April 11, 2019, Youtube video, 20:02, https://aerospace.csis.org/commanding-space-story-behind-the-space-force/

Peter L. Hays, “What Should the Space Force Do? Insights from Spacepower Analogies, Doctrine, and Culture,” in Cassandra Steer and Matthew Hersch, eds., War and Peace in Outer Space, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 153-180.

Texas National Security Review, “Does America Need a Space Force?” September 18, 2018, pp 3-10, pp 19-30.

RECOMMENDED READINGS

C-Span, “Testimony of Loverro, Sirangelo, and Mcglaughlin On the Space Force,” October 26, 2018, video, 45:27, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5069472/user-clip-testimony-loverro-sirangelo-mcglaughlin-space-force

Secure World Foundation, Global Counterspace Capabilities, April 2023.

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