{"id":47131,"date":"2026-04-16T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-force-nato-commanders-share-threat-perspectives\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:17:13","slug":"space-force-nato-commanders-share-threat-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-force-nato-commanders-share-threat-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force, NATO Commanders Share Threat Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><em>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014<\/em> New space capability is being actively identified by the <strong>U.S. Space Force<\/strong>, which is monitoring and managing threats from adversaries while creating missions to defend assets in this country and around the world. Three generals from the U.S. Space Force and a head <strong>NATO<\/strong> commander discussed the current and future state of new and specific space defense domains during Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, commander of U.S. Space Forces \u2013 Space (S4S), gave his view of how broad the Space Force\u2019s specific area of interest (AOR) is \u2014 from 100 kilometers \u201cout to infinity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>S4S is a Space Force component field command established in late 2023, responsible for commanding combat-ready space forces in support of U.S. Space Command\u2019s AOR.<\/p>\n<p>Bythewood, who assumed his position in November 2025, looks at the threats within that environment that have grown and have become the driver for why the U.S. has established space defense operations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat threat regime has continued to grow for the last decades, whether it\u2019s jammers coming from a base on the planet, anti-satellite weapons that would take out our capabilities on orbit, orbital satellites that are holding our assets at risks, and all of the cyber domain things that would hit our terrestrial based infrastructure.\u201d The U.S. Space Force enables the country to be able to prosecute offensive operations against adversary space capability, Bythewood said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Guillaume Thomas, the deputy commander of NATO Allied Air Command, emphasized that NATO is a defensive alliance, not an offensive alliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share our borders with some neighbors that are not so friendly, that are nuclear capable, that engage in active combat with some of our partnership. We also have a neighbor, Iran, where recently we faced a ballistic missile attack. So space is contested in our huge AOR, which goes from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean Sea and to the south border of Turkey,\u201d Thomas said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The newest command in the Space Force is Spacefor-North. Its AOR includes the high north of Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, down to the territorial integrity of the United States, according to Brig. Gen. Robert Schreiner, commander, Spacefor-North.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really a diverse mission set where we\u2019re trying to integrate space and space effects to support everything from high north operations down to the territorial integrity of the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd also working when civil authorities require support,\u201d Schreiner said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He explained the challenge for the service is to continue to modernize and provide newer capabilities and track and defense against threats if necessary. \u201cThe ability to support the high north with space support also remains absolutely vital and will continue to be vital into the future,\u201d Schreiner said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Brian Denaro, commander at U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific, described his AOR is \u201call the way from Hollywood to Bollywood and penguins to polar bears.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Space Force is the game changer for the joint forces. \u201cSpace Force is what enables the joint force freedom of maneuver. It\u2019s what denies adversaries the use of space to close kill chains, and it\u2019s what protects the joint force from space enabled attack.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Space and space capabilities in the Space Force that are being built now with allies and partners, \u201cbring a decisive advantage to the joint force when you talk about missile warning and missile tracking. These are the things that our joint forces come to appreciate. And we\u2019re taking it to another level,\u201d Denaro said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The component field commands that the Space Force has decided to field across the globe that are reporting to the combatant commanders are the solution to joint integration, Denaro said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the process now of normalizing the presentation of forces to the combatant commanders,\u201d Denaro said. \u201cBy doing that, we\u2019re improving the integration with just our presence in the Indo Pacific theater. My team is learning things every single day, and our presence alone is what\u2019s bringing that joint force integration to light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partnerships are crucial to the success of the Space Force. \u201cAmerica is not in a position to go it alone,\u201d Bythewood said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look at how to surveil all of the activity that\u2019s going on in space, and making sure that we can execute [our] missions, that would need partner nations from around the globe to allow us to do 24\/7 operations and really share an unclassified space domain awareness picture to understand space domain awareness across the globe,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s fundamental to how we do business and understand what\u2019s going on inside the space environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 New space capability is being actively identified by the U.S. Space Force, which is monitoring and managing threats from adversaries while creating missions to defend assets in this country and around the world. 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