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Australia creates a space military force seeking to be a counterforce to China and Russia


  • The Space Command will coordinate the Army, Air Force and Navy of the oceanic country

Australia has launched its new Space Commanda new military agency that emulates the US Space Force, taking advantage of its privileged position in the Southern Hemisphere and with a view to counter threats from China and Russia with the collaboration of the United States and its other allies. As reported on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defense, the Space Command, led by Air Vice Marshal Cath Roberts, will coordinate the operations in space of the Australian Army, Air Force and Navy, and will work with international allies. “Australia’s geographic location and vast open lands in the Southern Hemisphere help us see things that others cannot. We will continue to work closely with our international allies and partners to ensure mutually responsible use of the space domain,” Roberts said during the launch. of the space command on Tuesday in Canberra.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said for his part that space is a place to be used for deterrence, warning of threats such as the increase in unmanned, hypersonic devices and unmanned platforms, as well as the presence of space communications satellites. “Both Russia and China are developing hypersonic missiles that can travel at more than 6,000 kilometers per hour,” Dutton said in his speech, in which he insisted on the “rapid militarization of China.” Dutton explained that Space Command is Australia’s contribution to ensuring “a secure and stable domain of space.”

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the australian government has promised to invest some 7,000 million in this decade of local dollars (5,220 million dollars or 4,735 million euros) to improve the country’s space capabilities.

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Australia, a historical ally with the United States, signed a defense pact with Washington and London last September called AUKUS (the initials in English of the three partners), which includes the construction of nuclear submarines in the Asian country, to stand up to China in the Indo-Pacific region. Last month, the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, announced an increase of 18,500 soldiers in the Armed Forces by 2040, when they will reach a total of 80,000 troops, with the aim of dealing with the “threats” facing his country in the Indo-Pacific region.


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