The RAF launches a new space squadron to defend UK satellites
The RAF’s new space squadron will disrupt, degrade and deny threats to British satellites. The government has set aside £880m for space surveillance and space control to 2029/30.
Via TNW | Space
The Royal Air Force has set up a new space squadron, the Ministry of Defence said on 23 September. No. III Space Effects Squadron is the first UK unit dedicated to disrupting, degrading and denying threats to British satellites.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, the Chief of the Air Staff, announced it at the first UK Space Power Conference. The squadron joins No. I Space Operations Squadron and No. II Space Warning Squadron, which watch for threats in space…
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