Army and Air Force Space Power: The Way Forward

Abstract

Anyone surveying the current state of joint Space power, and in particular Air Force and Army Space power, is soon struck by a number of interconnected problems: a political conflict over who will occupy key Space positions (such as the Director of Space Forces, or within the Joint Functional Component Command-Space), coupled with an extremely convoluted organizational structure; a cultural conflict between CONUS-based Air Force Space officers who rarely deploy (and then for relatively short periods) and their Army counterparts, who operate in theater for extended periods of time; and a developing acquisitional conflict between the warfighter and those who equip him. These conflicts are the inevitable outcome of the division between the Army as primary user of Space and the Air Force as primary provider of Space. It is the aim of this paper to demonstrate not only that such a division hinders our nation's defense, but also that the eventual unification of Space power is the only way to realize its full potential.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA521120

Entities

People

  • Adam C. Wolfe
  • Brent D. Ziarnick

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Army
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Artillery Units
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Space Force
  • Space Operations
  • Space Systems
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space