One of America’s top space officials says Australia is ‘prime country’ as the strategic competition for space heats up.
In Australia for a range of talks, including a dialogue held by ASPI, US Space Force director of staff Lieutenant-General Nina Armagno said that Australia’s strategic geography was a great asset when it comes to the sites needed for global space domain awareness and that northern Australia’s proximity to the equator could also allow for efficient launches into orbit.
‘Australia is sitting on a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for our common national security interests,’ she told a briefing to media alongside US Space Command’s Lieutenant-General John E. Shaw.
