{"id":1775377,"date":"2022-12-14T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775377"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:33:22","slug":"u-s-space-force-launches-unit-in-south-korea-as-northern-tensions-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-space-force-launches-unit-in-south-korea-as-northern-tensions-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Space Force Launches Unit In South Korea As Northern Tensions Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-space-force-launches-unit-in-south-korea-as-northern-tensions-grow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1775377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A U.S. Space Force unit has been launched in South Korea as the nation seeks to increase its ability to monitor threats from North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and others in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The activation of the unit at Osan Air Base near Seoul follows a number of missile launch tests by North Korea which could be capable of striking the U.S. and its allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks the next milestone in strengthening our ironclad commitment to the U.S.-Korean alliance,\u201d Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion, commander of the new unit, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfk.mil\/Media\/Press-Products\/Press-Releases\/Article\/3245492\/space-force-activates-component-field-command-for-us-forces-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cOur U.S. and Republic of Korea alliance was forged more than 70 years ago, as we stood shoulder-to-shoulder in war. With the world around us evolving, so, too, must we.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our presence around the globe continues to grow! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PartnersinSpace?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PartnersinSpace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xgt690fANE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xgt690fANE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceForceDoD\/status\/1603025013837369344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gen. Paul LaCamera, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, presided over the ceremony to inaugurate the new operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe activation here today of U.S. Space Forces Korea, a subcomponent of U.S. Space Forces INDOPACOM, enhances our ability to defend the homelands and ensures peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia,\u201d LaCamera said.<\/p>\n<p>The Space Force mission will focus on missile warning operations, according to the unit\u2019s description, which provides \u201cin-theater near-real-time detection\u201d and will warn of ballistic missile launches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust 48 miles north of us exists an existential threat; a threat that we must be prepared to deter, defend against, and \u2013 if required \u2013 defeat,\u201d McCullion said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of a stronger U.S. presence in South Korea comes just weeks after the U.S. and\u00a0South Korea fired several missiles in October following North Korea\u2019s firing of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-and-south-korea-use-militaries-to-respond-to-north-korea-firing-missile-over-japan-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballistic missile<\/a> over Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese government broadcast a warning after the missile launch. The missile eventually flew beyond Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean. It marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/nkorea-fires-missile-towards-east-skorea-military-2022-10-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth<\/a> missile launch in the 10-day period and was the 23rd launch since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to ongoing threats from North Korea, the new U.S. Space Force unit will be located closer to China. The communist nation recently revealed its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/milley-confirms-china-indeed-fired-hypersonic-missiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypersonic weapon<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n<p>The new unit also positions the U.S. closer to Russia, whose anti-satellite technology could pose a threat to American military technologies.\u00a0As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/space-is-a-warfighting-domain-u-s-space-force-activates-new-unit-within-branch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Russia has jammed GPS signals throughout its conflict with Ukraine, targeting the U.S. military\u2019s Navstar system of satellites.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, the U.S. also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-rips-russia-for-missile-test-that-forced-space-station-astronauts-to-scramble-for-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Russia for conducting an anti-satellite missile test, which sent debris flying and prompted astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge in their spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has demonstrated a deliberate disregard for the security, safety, stability, and long-term sustainability of the space domain for all nations,\u201d U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacecom.mil\/Newsroom\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2842957\/russian-direct-ascent-anti-satellite-missile-test-creates-significant-long-last\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRussia%20has%20demonstrated%20a%20deliberate,Dickinson%2C%20U.S.%20Space%20Command%20commander.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/space_force\/2022-12-14\/space-force-command-south-korea-8415014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> during a speech last month that he would \u201cexpand space security cooperation\u201d with other countries, including the U.S. The nation continues to move forward with other plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/spacex-prepares-to-launch-first-private-japanese-mission-to-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">space exploration<\/a> as well, including a robotic moon landing in 2032 and an unmanned mission to Mars in 2045.<\/p>\n<p>The Space Force was authorized in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump, creating the first new military service since the Army Air Corps officially became the U.S. Air Force in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Central Command set up space units last month in Hawaii and Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-forces-launch-space-unit-south-korea-amid-norths-growing-threats-2022-12-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Space Force unit has been launched in South Korea as the nation seeks to increase its ability to monitor threats from North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and others in the region. 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