Report Release | 2022 Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment
The Secure World Foundation (SWF) is proud to announce the release of its annual report, “Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment.” Edited by SWF Director of Program Planning Brian Weeden and Washington Office Director Victoria Samson, this report compiles and assesses publicly available information on the counterspace capabilities being developed by multiple countries across five categories: direct-ascent, co-orbital, electronic warfare, directed energy, and cyber. It assesses the current and near-term future capabilities for each country, along with their potential military utility. The full 2022 report and the Executive Summary, along with previous year’s editions, can be found at: http://www.swfound.org/
Translations of the 2022 Executive Summary into French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese will be available in May.
On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, from 09:00 – 10:30 EDT, SWF will co-host a hybrid event with experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to discuss their respective 2022 reports. More information about the event and RSVP can be found here: https://www.csis.org/
This is the fifth annual edition of the report, which is released in tandem with a similar report by CSIS. The 2022 edition of the report adds new developments through February 2022, adds three new countries to the report (Australia, South Korea, and the United Kingdom), and reorganizes the report to highlight those countries that have created orbital debris through counterspace testing.
For more information, please contact Dr. Brian Weeden or Ms. Victoria Samson.
