The author argues that it is in the best interests of the U.S. to cooperate with the European Union on the development of an expanded space surveillance network.
The United States could attack Europe's planned network of global positioning satellites if it was used by a hostile power such as China according to a new report.
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China and India have signed on to support the European Union's Galileo global satellite system in a bid to challenge American supremacy in space.
Space is becoming more multipolar as new countries (ex. China, Brazil) develop space capabilities and established space powers (ex. Russia, France) work to develop multipolar alternatives to U.S. commercial and military dominance in space.
Summary from a meeting of preeminent European scientists and other experts on outer space to analyze current trends in military and civilian space use and to formulate an approach to creating international political and legal consensus on these new developments.