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Asia-Pacific Space Force Capability Structure
Multi-domain Army Concepts, Dual-use Technologies, and Cyber-resilience Framework to Drive Future Technology Strategy
15-Nov-2022
Asia Pacific
Market Research
K836-01-00-00-00
AE01651-AP-MT_27118
This study provides an overview of the space force capacity structure of the Asia-Pacific. With an increase in tensions and conflict zones across the globe, military space capabilities have expanded to anticipate threats, respond to crises, and project power, guiding the development of offensive and defensive strategies vital to national interests. The changing space environment has highlighted the role of space as a distinct warfighting domain representing disparate theories and strategies pertaining to space power.
Russia and China’s positions on space are evolving to encompass information-driven capabilities as a pre-requisite to non-contact warfare, targeting assets and critical infrastructure to deprive the adversary of space-enabled information without geographically engaging in the physical theater of conflict. The national security space postures of most countries in the Asia-Pacific, however, focus on deterring and countering threats from space that infringe on national, allied, and partner interests. These differences in military postures and capabilities have the potential to expose systemic cracks.
With space becoming inextricably linked to crisis stability, major powers have begun developing counter-space capabilities to degrade and deter adversary spheres of influence. Strategic stability and deterrence postures are virtually non-existent in the space domain due to the lack of human casualties and first-strike instability, increasing the risk of escalation of terrestrial conflicts and disturbance of nuclear stability.
The 1967 United Nations treaty signed by Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to regulate the use of space and provide a framework for international space law failed to address anti-satellite weapons, the weaponization of space, resource utilization in the context of cislunar operations, and space debris deposition. As a result, major powers continue to develop kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, exploiting grey areas in the treaty to conduct military operations in space.
The study focuses on China, India, Australia, Japan, and South Korea in terms of space force capabilities. It identifies the factors driving and restraining the industry in the region as well as the growth opportunities arising from the emerging changes that market players can leverage.
Author: Pravin Pradeep
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Asia-Pacific Space Force Capability Structure
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Threat Assessment: Kinetic Physical and Non-kinetic Physical
Threat Assessment: Electronic and Cyber
China: Technology Capability Assessment
China: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
China: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
China: Manufacturing Capability Assessment
China: Manned Spaceflight and Cislunar Operations
China: Manned Spaceflight & Cislunar Operations (continued)
China: Space Launch Capability
China: Space Launch Capability (continued)
China: Space Launch Capability (continued)
India: Technology Capability Assessment
India: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
India: Manufacturing Capability Assessment
India: Manufacturing Capability Assessment (continued)
India: Manned Spaceflight and Cislunar Operations
India: Space Launch Capability
Australia: Technology Capability Assessment
Australia: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
Australia: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
Australia: Manufacturing Capability Assessment
Australia: Manufacturing Capability Assessment (continued)
Australia: Space Launch Capability
Japan: Technology Capability Assessment
Japan: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
Japan: Manufacturing Capability Assessment
Japan: Manned Spaceflight and Cislunar Operations
Japan: Manned Spaceflight & Cislunar Operations (continued)
Japan: Manned Spaceflight & Cislunar Operations (continued)
Japan: Space Launch Capability
South Korea: Technology Capability Assessment
South Korea: Technology Capability Assessment (continued)
South Korea: Manufacturing Capability Assessment
South Korea: Manned Spaceflight and Cislunar Operations
South Korea: Space Launch Capability
Growth Drivers
Growth Driver Analysis
Growth Driver Analysis (continued)
Growth Driver Analysis (continued)
Growth Driver Analysis (continued)
Growth Restraints
Growth Restraint Analysis
Growth Restraint Analysis (continued)
Growth Restraint Analysis (continued)
Growth Opportunity 1: Advanced Cyber and Electronic Warfare Capabilities
Growth Opportunity 1: Advanced Cyber and Electronic Warfare Capabilities (continued)
Growth Opportunity 2: Multi-domain Army Concepts
Growth Opportunity 2: Multi-domain Army Concepts (continued)
Growth Opportunity 3: Terrestrial Platform Advances
Growth Opportunity 3: Terrestrial Platform Advances (continued)
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