UK launch defence space strategy

Britain must be ready to counter the “intensifying threats” to everyday life emerging in space, Gavin Williamson has said as he launched the UK’S first defence space strategy.

The Defence Secretary said he would boost the number of personnel working in the defence space sector to more than 600, and said the RAF Air Command would take on responsibility for “command and control” of UK military space operations. The strategy includes plans to protect Uk operations against“emerging space-based threats .”