LA PLATA, Maryland — For years, U.S. military space leaders have assured international audiences that they believe in working with allies, and pointed to wargaming and other exercises as proof of this. It left room for doubt about whether true joint operations was a priority.
On April 8, that changed. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, said that for the first time, the US and French space forces recently conducted a joint rendezvous and proximity-operations mission near an adversary’s spacecraft.
“We have . . .
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