France Expands Active Space Defense Efforts As Threats Grow
France plans to fly a pair of satellites in low Earth orbit to demonstrate an ability to spot and potentially engage on-orbit threats to its systems.
Credit: French Defense Innovation Agency
France has unveiled plans to take its active space defense to low Earth orbit, illustrating how Western governments’ concern is increasing about the role spacecraft may play in future conflicts. The French Defense Innovation Agency-Directorate General of the Armament (DGA) initiative, called...
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