{"id":2005098,"date":"2023-08-18T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-creates-first-unit-dedicated-to-targeting-adversaries\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:57:32","slug":"space-force-creates-first-unit-dedicated-to-targeting-adversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-creates-first-unit-dedicated-to-targeting-adversaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force establishes inaugural unit focused on targeting adversaries."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fspace-force-creates-first-unit-dedicated-to-targeting-adversaries%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=2005098&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--><h2>The Space Force Establishes New Unit \u2064to Analyze\u200c and Target Adversaries&#8217; Space Capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>The Space Force has reached a\u2062 significant milestone with the establishment of its \u200bfirst\u200d and only unit dedicated to analyzing and potentially targeting adversaries&#8217; space capabilities. The 75th \u2064Intelligence, Surveillance\u2064 and Reconnaissance Squadron was officially activated as a unit under Space \u200bDelta 7 &#8211; Intelligence, \u2062Surveillance and Reconnaissance on August 11th. The activation ceremony took place at Peterson Space \u2062Force Base \u200din Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. Travis Anderson, the unit&#8217;s first commander, expressed the\u200c historical significance of this moment, stating, &#8220;Today is a\u2064 monumental time in the history of\u2064 our service. The idea of this unit \u2063began four years ago on paper and has probably been in the\u2062 minds of several U.S. \u200dAir Force intelligence \u200bofficers even longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Advanced\u200d Analysis and\u2062 Counterspace Capabilities<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2062 75th ISRS \u200bis responsible for conducting advanced analysis on \u2062adversary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-nearly-tripling-in-size-gaining-a-reserve-component-in-2021\/\" title=\"Space Force Nearly Tripling in Size, Gaining a Reserve Component in 2021\">space force<\/a> and counterspace force threats, as well as their associated architectures. \u2064Space forces\u200b refer\u2063 to the \u2063space capabilities utilized by\u200d a country to support their joint\u2063 warfighting efforts. On the other hand, \u200ccounterspace forces, also known as space attack forces, are designed to deny the United States the ability to utilize satellite systems during conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>The unit&#8217;s\u200b primary missions include analyzing, targeting, and engaging \u200denemy capabilities. This\u2062 may \u2063involve targeting satellites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-moment-of-truth-for-europe-european-parliament-greenlights-ukraine-bid-to-join-eu\/\" title=\"\u2018A Moment Of Truth For Europe\u2019: European Parliament Greenlights Ukraine Bid To Join EU\">ground stations<\/a>, or the \u200csignals between \u200dthem. Potential assets that \u2064could\u200d be\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-creates-first-unit-dedicated-to-targeting-adversaries\/\" title=\"Space Force establishes inaugural unit focused on targeting adversaries.\">targeted include ground-based lasers capable<\/a> of blinding optical sensors on satellites, signal-jamming devices, and \u2062even \u200bconducting cyberattacks to hack into adversary satellite systems.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Approach to Targeting<\/h3>\n<p>Master Sgt. Desiree Cabrera,\u2063 the 75th ISRS operations superintendent, highlighted the innovative approach taken by the unit \u2063in building its foundation \u2064and organizational structure. She stated, \u2062&#8221;Not only are we standing up the sole targeting squadron in the\u2062 U.S. Space Force, we are changing the way targeting is done across \u2064the\u2064 joint community \u200bwhen it comes to space\u200c and electromagnetic \u200bwarfare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the activation\u200d ceremony, the unit&#8217;s patch was also unveiled.\u200c The patch features a \u2064Grim Reaper with a delta shape for a nose, symbolizing the unit&#8217;s mission\u200d and\u2063 identity.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/space-force-establishes-first-unit-analyzing-targeting-adversaries-space-capabilities\">The\u2062 Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Space Force formed its inaugural unit, the 75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron, to assess and potentially counteract enemy space capabilities. This unit falls under Space Delta 7 &#8211; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and was officially activated on Aug. 11 at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2005099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}