NATO Intends to Make Space an ‘Operational Domain’
November 20th, 2019Via: Bloomberg:
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization plans to widen its remit to include outer space as the alliance anticipates new security threats.
NATO intends to make space an “operational domain” along with air, land, sea and cyber, according to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The move, to be approved at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday, would bring all five areas within the scope of the alliance’s collective-defense commitment and comes as member countries seek to address fresh internal political splits.
“Space is of great importance for our civilian societies and for any military operation,” Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday in Brussels. “It’s about communications, it’s about navigation, it’s about data imagery. Space is essential for almost everything we do.”
