US EditionGermany's First Space Security Strategy Aims at Independent Defensive, Offensive Capabilities
Germany plans €35 billion in space defense by 2030 to counter threats from Russia and China, promoting peaceful, rules-based space use and European cooperation.
- On Wednesday, Germany published its first space security strategy, framing a peaceful, sustainable approach to prevent an arms race; Defence Minister Pistorius said, `We must develop and possess the capacity for deterrence and defence.`
- Facing growing threats from Russia and China, officials cited satellite reliance and a cyberattack that disabled several hundred wind turbines, prompting Defence Minister Pistorius to pledge 35 billion euros by 2030 for Armed Forces space defences.
- Minister for Space and Research Dorothee Baer said on Wednesday the strategy includes programmes on asteroid defence and space debris, while ESA plans IRIS2 by 2030 and three major European aerospace firms merge to rival SpaceX.
- Pistorius insisted Germany will not attack another nation's satellite, saying, "We will neither attack nor allow the attack of another nation's satellite, now or in the future," while urging European NATO cooperation to counter threats and noting Germany alone cannot match Russia and China.
- The initiative follows wider European moves toward space independence, with Germany leaning on European cooperative programmes and ESA's IRIS2 planned by 2030 to boost satellite resilience.
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Germany's first space security strategy aims at independent defensive, offensive capabilities
The new strategy calls on German MoD to develop a number of new space-based capabilities, including “effectors” to counter adversary threats on orbit such as agile spaceplanes and “bodyguard” satellites with shoot-back systems.
The German government on Wednesday backed plans to secure satellites and communications technology in space, including building up offensive capabilities to ensure defense. "Our main task is to maintain and expand our defense and security capabilities in space," Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in Berlin after the Cabinet endorsed the new space security strategy. "And deterrence must be reliable there too." Pistorius announced in September …
For the first time, there is a national space security strategy in Germany. It is intended to better protect communication and navigation systems in space from sturgeon maneuvers and attacks - because they are increasing. From C. Nagel.
The German government adopts a security strategy for space. "We must be able to defend ourselves in space," says Defense Minister Pistorius.
The Federal Government has for the first time decided on a strategy for space security. Bonn expert Enrico Fels praises the plans. Germany must also be capable of defence and deterrence in space.
The German government wants to arm the Bundeswehr for possible attacks in space. With its first space strategy, it has set itself ambitious goals.
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