“This week, I expect our allies will agree to establish a new virtual network of national and commercial satellites,” Stoltenberg said. “It will allow our allies to increase the sharing of space-based data with the NATO command structure, facilitating better navigation, communication, and early warning of missile launches.”

The “Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space” (APSS) initiative will allow NATO to better support operations and improve intelligence sharing among its commanders by more quickly receiving and transmitting data gathered from a variety of space-based sensors operated by its member-nations, as well as from commercial data and imagery. And just like that the line between what is civilian/commercial and what is military equipment got wiped away. All satellites have now become legitimate military targets.

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NATO initiative to bolster alliance’s space-based data collection