1. Welcome to the 21st Century
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
2. Tutorial on how to fight & win the next space war ;)
by Paul Szymanski
Outer Space Warfare Challenges (Abstract )
drive.google.com/file/d/1SMp445…
Outer Space Warfare Challenges - Theory, Doctrine, Strategies and Tactics (PPT)
drive.google.com/file/d/1htr0j3…
3. Space warfare theories (PPT)
drive.google.com/file/d/1LP7WNx…
4. Space Commanders reading list (Excel)
Major Tom, pay attenshun!!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1BvrhMP…
5. Space Operational Art and Design (SOAD)
How to (Micro) Manage Space Wars
drive.google.com/file/d/1pziTTc…
6. Space Escalation Ladder
How to Control and Limit Outer Space Conflicts
drive.google.com/file/d/1Xwv517…
7. Top 40 Rules for Space Warfare
drive.google.com/file/d/1UjoLTF…
8. 'Criteria for Winning Space Wars'
drive.google.com/file/d/1uvOQF6…
Interlude
9. "Concept for a space command center"
Warning 271 slides...
drive.google.com/file/d/1mghFux…
10. Interlude 2
11. Sun Tzu’s ancient military teachings
(as they apply to outer space warfare)
drive.google.com/file/d/169G6zl…
12. Detailed list of space strategies based on Sun Tzu
drive.google.com/file/d/1SoOfTT…
13. New Principles for outer space warfare
(Derived from an analysis of the Principles of War for terrestrial systems)
drive.google.com/file/d/19cEtAi…
14. Centers of Gravity (COG) for outer space warfare
drive.google.com/file/d/1_ZSz-Q…
15. Choke points for outer space warfare
drive.google.com/file/d/1hoeSjG…
16. United States Lost 1st Global Space War to Russia
Paul Szymanski of Space Strategies Center claims there have been around 5 space wars since the 1970’s.
Here is his assessment of the space war that occurred over the Ukrainian conflict in 2014
drive.google.com/file/d/14p7j0V…
17. Surprise Attacks?
What are the Chances of a Surprise Attack in Space?
drive.google.com/file/d/1MGRE44…
18. Has China Pre-Positioned to Attack GPS Sats?
drive.google.com/file/d/1K1MXHR…
19. Interlude (Joe 9 spinning in his grave)
When Grandpa's cartoons becomes your nightmares
20. Article from 2018
"War is coming to outer space, and the Pentagon (touting for funding) warns it is not yet ready, following years of underinvesting. Russia & China are years ahead of the US in developing the means to destroy or disable satellites"
politico.com/story/2018/04/…
21. How to Win the Next Space War: An Assessment
A summary of many of the ideas in this thread
airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yond…
22. Meanwhile back on Planet Earth
Fuck you, Major Tom!
24. Bonus for reading to the end of this gloomy thread
Rest in Space, David Bowie
25, Double Bonus (Sequel to Space Oddity)
Ashes to Ashes
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