https://spacewatch.global/tag/electronic-intelligence-elint/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/electronic-intelligence-elint/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/chinas-long-march-2c-rocket-launches-military-surveillance-satellites-into-orbit/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20973 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/french-joint-space-command-outlines-satellite-protection-courses-of-action/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11247 Following revelations in September 2018 by French defence minister Florence Parly that Russian reconnaissance satellites had maneuvered close to the Athena-Fidus Franco-Italian communications satellite in 2017 in a suspected act of espionage, the French Joint Space Command and the Ministry of Defence are preparing a space defence strategy that will be submitted to President Emmanuel Macron for his approval by the end of 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/russian-defence-minister-shoigu-calls-military-satellites-modern-armed-forces/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7781 The Russian military plans to modernise its operations with the use of satellites. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement just two weeks after the U.S. Air Force announced that America must be prepared for space warfare. In his remarks last week speaking on a conference call with representatives of the Russian rocketry and space industries, Shoigu stressed that Russia must deploy a modern orbital constellation of military satellites to support its army and navy. "Only with support from space will it be possible for the Armed Forces to reach maximum effectiveness,” he said. “Therefore, we are paying special attention to this area,".]]>