Space: The Pentagon's New Battlefield w/ Andrew Corbley

👉 Pitch in on Patreon and fuel the future of free-thinking conversations. https://www.patreon.com/parallaxviews Also visit our returning sponsor Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window for the best financial and trading newsletter around: https://wallstreetwindow.com/ On this edition of Parallax Views, returning guest Andrew Corbley of World at Large joins J.G. Michael to discuss the accelerating militarization of space and the transformation of the US Space Force into an explicitly war-fighting branch of the Pentagon. Corbley has been reporting on the growth of the Space Force since its creation, and his latest article examines a striking recent development: US military officials acknowledging that weapons have been positioned in orbit. We discuss what the Space Force means by "orbital warfare," how its mission has evolved from protecting satellites against jamming and other attacks, and what recent exercises and statements reveal about the future of warfare in space. The conversation also explores the rapidly expanding relationship between the Pentagon and the private space industry. Companies such as Rocket Lab and True Anomaly are developing and deploying spacecraft for military purposes, raising questions about the growing integration of commercial aerospace and the military-industrial complex. J.G. and Corbley also examine the erosion of US arms-control agreements, the Outer Space Treaty, US claims about Chinese and Russian space capabilities, and the diplomatic barriers that make communication between rival space powers more difficult. But the consequences aren't only geopolitical. What happens to NASA and civilian space exploration when the Pentagon's conception of space as a "war-fighting domain" increasingly dominates? Corbley discusses the competition for engineers and scientists, the economic potential of space resources, the future of lunar exploration, and the possibility that the dream of space as a domain for all humanity could be eclipsed by national-security priorities. Topics include the US Space Force, orbital warfare, space weapons, weaponization of space, militarization of space, Pentagon, NASA, military-industrial complex, Rocket Lab, True Anomaly, Victus Haze, Jackal spacecraft, Outer Space Treaty, arms control, China, Russia, private aerospace, space exploration, and the future of warfare in space.