The dozen space weapons myths

On Mar 12, 10:43 pm, "Jonathan" wrote:

Joint Doctrine for Space Operations

The Services, in accordance with Department of Defense (DOD)
Directives, shall integrate space capabilities and applications into
all facets of their strategy, doctrine, education, training, exercises,
and operations of US military forces.http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new...arch=%22Joint%...


To a large extent JP3_14 is concerned with recon, intel gathering,
situational awareness (such as support of Blue Force Tracking), and
communications (using both commerical and military resources.) There
is really nothing specific about actual space weapons. It is an
attempt to make space-borne C4ISR assets "purple" (i.e. joint.) In the
past, the problem was that special forces used their own SATCOM, the
Army used its SATCOM, the USMC and USN used the Navies, the USAF used
theirs, everything worked in stovepipes, and, to top it off, there
typically wasn't the ability to use realistic SATCOM in US-based
training exercises, since the satellites were perched over Europe and
Asia.