PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new national military space force command that will eventually be part of his country's air force.
"The new spatial and military doctrine that has been proposed to me by the ministry, which I have approved, will allow us to ensure our defence of space ...," added."We will reinforce our knowledge of the situation in space, we will better protect our satellites, including in an active manner," he said.INTERNATIONAL SPACE RACE
Observers see military activities - including spy satellites, location tracing and jamming, communications and cyber attacks - increasingly being set up in orbit around Earth.That includes the renewal of the France's CSO observation and Syracuse communication satellites, the launch of three CERES electromagnetic-monitoring satellites, and the modernisation of a spatial radar surveillance system called GRAVES.
In March, United Nations-backed talks in Geneva to prevent an arms race in outer space ended without agreement.
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