German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, put the Bundeswehr's new Air Force Space Operations Center into service in September 2020. A new breed of German niche companies is itching to supply services to the country's military and civilian space sectors. (Carsten Hoffmann/Picture Alliance)
Defense News: Germany establishes new military space command
STUTTGART, Germany — The German military has announced the creation of a separate command dedicated to space, becoming the latest of a handful of nations prioritizing more resources and missions among the stars.
The Ministry of Defence introduced the new space command in a July 13 ceremony at the German Space Situational Awareness Centre in Uedem, located in the country’s North Rhine-Westphalia region.
Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer provided a keynote speech for the event.
The military is “responding to the increasing significance of space for our state’s ability to function, the prosperity of our population, and the increasing dependency of the armed forces on space-supported data, services and products,” the ministry said in a statement.
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Trump was ahead of his time, the forerunner.
The rest are followers.
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