Gray Zone Conflicts: Contested Space Operations Continued for Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) and Strategic Outcomes in the Korean Peninsula
Abstract
Building on prior SMA efforts, U.S. Special Operations Command requested that SMA assess how the U.S. government can diagnose, identify, and assess indirect strategies, and develop response options against associated types of Gray Zone challenges. SMA completed several actor and social media analyses including Virtual Think Tank Assessments (ViTTa) that provided summarized subject matter expert (SME) analyses to USSOCOM. At the request of AFSPC, the FY 2017 and FY 2018 Gray Zone efforts focused on contested space operations. Among other issues, this effort addressed the implications (rewards and risks) of the U.S. adopting a policy of space as a joint, combined, and inter-agency warfighting domain. At the request of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), FY 2018 funding also initiated an assessment of plausible political-military options regarding North Korea and near- and long-term implications of these for the U.S. and regional stakeholders. These two follow-on Gray Zone efforts will apply the concepts and insights derived during the first phase to the realm of contested space operations in support of AFSPC, and implications of various U.S. actions towards North Korea. Analysis will highlight the indications and warnings and the U.S. response options.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- e1bdf9b2872ecb27fc97d2c68b7f9241