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Modern War Institute

Ep. 86 - What is the Army Doing in Space?

Modern War Institute

John Amble

News, Government

4.8818 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with four guests, all of whom are involved in the Army's space operations enterprise, including the commander of the 1st Space Brigade. They explain the Army's role in the space domain, how they envision the Army's contribution during a future conflict that extends into space, and much more.

Transcript

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satellite communications when you're talking on a radio oftentimes that effect is coming from space

0:09.1

positioning navigation and timing your GPS or your timing on a lot of army equipment that's an

0:15.3

effect that comes from space missile warning is an effect from space.

0:28.0

If you look at the most recent conflict we've had over the last several years, we really have not been challenged in any one domain.

0:32.2

A future conflict against a near peer adversary is going to be very different.

0:36.1

There's no question that we will be operating in a denied degraded, disrupted space operating

0:40.8

environment.

0:45.1

Hey and welcome back to another episode of the MWI podcast.

0:49.0

I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI.

0:51.6

And in this episode, Major Jake Morali is joined by four guests, each

0:55.7

of whom is part of the Army's Space Operations Enterprise.

0:59.3

Now, it was pretty big news last year when discussion about standing up a U.S. Space

1:03.7

Force began.

1:05.1

But the U.S. military has been involved in space for a long time.

1:08.8

Most people know that the Air Force has considerable responsibilities

1:11.6

in the space domain. But the Army does too. It has space operations officers and has had them

1:17.4

for 20 years. It even has a space brigade. But what does the Army, the nation's primary

1:22.9

ground combat service, actually do in space? A lot, and you'll hear about it in this episode. Before we get

1:29.5

to that, a couple notes. First, MWI is publishing new articles, research, and podcast episodes

1:34.7

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1:40.2

So find us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. And we love getting feedback.

1:46.1

So that's also a great way to get in touch.

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