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Chapter 5: Space operations according to the US
Space Force, Space Command and NRO; the classic four mission areas — space force enhancement, space support, space control and space force application — and the current organisation in JP 3-14 (2023), with the Space Force's core competencies and the difference from NATO.
5.1Organisation
A separate service, a separate command and an intelligence agency for satellites.
Read §5.1 →5.2The classic four mission areas
Enhancement, support, control and application — the taxonomy still used everywhere.
Read §5.2 →5.3The current organisation (JP 3-14, 2023)
Less abstract, more per service: what space must concretely deliver and protect.
Read §5.3 →5.4Space Force core competencies
Five things the Space Force must be able to do according to its own capstone doctrine.
Read §5.4 →5.5The US compared with NATO
The same satellites, a different vocabulary.
Read §5.5 →