According to a report by the US "Defense News" weekly**, US Space Command Commander James Dickinson recently said in a statement that the US Space Command has now reached full combat capability after years of construction. This means that U.S. Space Command already has the standards to perform a wide range of missions and can provide a range of space combat capabilities for military users and combat commanders. The declaration is a formal recognition of the capabilities of the U.S. Space Command to accomplish the tasks of the Unified Command Program in global campaigns, exercises, and crisis response, and to have the necessary command processes and functions to set the conditions and requirements for future combat. The U.S. Space Command was established in August 2019, which is the first new armed forces to be established by the U.S. since 1947, becoming the sixth service after the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. This follows the U.S. Space Command's initial operational capability announced in August 2021 and a two-year hiatus that it has full operational capability.
Military observer Shao Yongling pointed out that this means that the US Space Force has developed from only having practical deployment significance to a stage where it can carry out high-intensity deployment. Shao Yongling explained that the "initial combat capability" previously declared by the US Space Command means that it already has the ability to play a strategic influence role and can provide lasting and effective support for the joint forces. The current claim of "full combat capability" means that Space Command and Space Force have met the criteria for performing a wide range of missions, can provide military users and operational commanders with a range of space combat capabilities, and have the appropriate amount of human capital skills and the infrastructure needed to support command and control across mission and operational functions. This initiative demonstrates that the US Space Force has reached the level of setting conditions and requirements for future combat. Data** shows staff at the U.S. Space Defense Center analyzing and processing data. In this regard, expert Shao Yongling further pointed out that the unilateral declaration of the US Space Command's comprehensive combat capability without going through an all-round operational assessment is untenable.
Shao Yongling believes that whether a country's space force has comprehensive combat capability needs to be evaluated in an all-round way before a conclusion can be drawn. Since space operations are an emerging field, many countries are developing their own space careers. Therefore, the unilateral declaration of full-fledged combat capability by the US Space Command at this time is somewhat hasty. What's even more embarrassing is that the location of the U.S. Space Command has not yet been determined, so is it a bit hasty to announce that it has a full-fledged combat capabilitySuch behavior could exacerbate the arms race in space. In addition, the data** also shows that US Air Force personnel participated in the "Cyber Flag" multinational joint cyber offensive and defensive exercise. According to Shao Yongling, the US military's large investment in building space combat forces is mainly aimed at competing for the "fifth space" superiority and ensuring that it will take the lead in the arms race with other military powers. Such actions are bound to seriously threaten the space development plans of countries around the world, and all countries will be dragged into the space arms race by the United States. With the development of the U.S. Space Force, more and more countries have followed suit, such as Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and even Spain have begun to increase their space forces, and some countries have even established corresponding space commands.
If this trend continues, it is likely that space will become the next battleground. Therefore, the United States' approach has turned the otherwise calm space into a commanding heights of military competition, escalating human warfare from the ground to the space domain, which is deeply alarming. These views come from the Central Military.