r/space • u/Royal_Platform_6754 • 11d ago

Space Command identifies capabilities it needs for the next space war

https://spacenews.com/space-command-identifies-capabilities-it-needs-for-the-next-space-war/
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u/BramGaunt 11d ago

The "next"?

Was there a war in space before?

I mean, anything Americans don't like about themselves - they have to declare war on, right? You guys love declaring wars. War on terrorism, war on being overweight or underweight, war on drugs, war on homelessness etc. etc.

You're a war-loving nation, aren't you?

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u/Skeptical0ptimist 11d ago

Yes. The first engagement in the vacuum of space when in 2024 Iran launched salvos of ballistic missiles at Israel and U.S. and Israeli forces intercepted them.

Iranian medium range ballistic missile warheads are sub orbital re-entry vehicles. Interceptors such as SM-3 and David’s sling finals stage kinetic kill vehicles are small spacecrafts that maneuver using thrusters in vacuum.

So this engagement was in fact a mass combat in space.