Guest: Paul Szymanski. Topics: Military space, space warfare. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Paul Szymanski to the show to discuss military space, space warfare, cyber issues and more. In the first segment of our 1 hour 58 minute discussion, Paul introduced us to the topic and told us how he got his interest in the field. We also talked about military space matters in history and how they impact what is happening in space development today, including commercial space. He talked about the attitude he saw with the Air Force as well as other parts of the government and mentioned that some of our military space data and information goes over commercial satellites and systems. He explained why this made such systems legitimate military targets and he talked about the risks associated with carrying military data. He went over historical incidents regarding satellite kills, disruptions, & tests. He also spoke to U.S. laser weapon work, our ASAT weapons including the F15 efforts, the role of DARPA, and more. Paul took many listener emails. They ranged from weapons and war plans for the Moon and Mars to army programs for troops in space or using space to get to a battlefield destination. He also spoke to the issue of space to Earth weapons,. BJohn inquired about Iran and Paul took several questions about U.S. readiness. On this subject, our guest had much to say. He spoke about other countries including China and Russia, but did address the situation in the Ukraine and at one point in our discussion, suggested there had already been a space war regarding the Ukraine. In the second segment, Paul fielded additional questions on space junk and this time he talked about hiding weapons in space junk that were really ASAT weapons. A listener wanted to know about the cislunar trade routes and while Paul said that was off in the future, the more current focus would be GEO and LEO. At one point the GEO-Moon area was referred to as a possible battle ground. Another listener wanted to know about choke points. He referred us to papers on his website, http://spacecontrol.info. He said GEO was a chokepoint and so were the GPS satellites. A listener wanted to know about a possible larger role for the Army and Paul agreed that the Army should have a larger role in space warfare issues. Don't miss his explanation. In response to a question by Gabriel, he talked about the 1970s and CSAT, booster failures in the 80s, and the current Ukraine-Crimea crisis. While some of the reports he mentioned were regarded as rumors, he did do some dot connecting with regards to the Ukraine and the Russian Glonass GPS disruption plus Proton launch failures. He explained how he connected the dots. Tell us what you think on the blog. Cyberwarfare was discussed as was the effectiveness of a missile defense system. Later, we talked about space war rules per his July 22, 2013 presentation, "Space Policy Issues: Top 40 Rules for Space War." Near the end of our discussion, we talked about situational awareness , how to prevent defeat, space war game training, responsive space and more. Please post your comments on TSS blog. You can reach Paul Szymanski through me or his website.
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