Space Delta 9 Is The Unit Dedicated To U.S. Orbital Warfare

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Warzone/The Drive: Space Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B Spaceplane

Space Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary. The fledgling U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 9 is tasked with performing a mission set that the service describes as orbital warfare. This includes keeping an eye out for potentially hostile activity in space, as well as deterring those threats and even potentially defeating them, according to the unit's official website. Publicly, it provides this support primarily through various space-based surveillance and communications systems, but, interestingly, it is also responsible for overseeing the operations of the experimental X-37B mini space shuttle, the exact mission and capabilities of which remain obscure.

Space Force highlighted the intriguing orbital warfare mission of Space Delta 9, as part of the larger array of capabilities within its new Space Operations Command (SpOC), in a Tweet earlier this week. The unit had first come into existence in July and had previously been known as the Air Force's 750th Operations Group, which had only been activated and assigned to that service's 50th Space Wing the month before. 50th Space Wing, headquartered at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, was also transferred to the newest branch of America's armed forces that month, at which time it was rebranded as the Peterson-Schriever Garrison.

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WNU Editor: Being responsible for the operations of the X-37B mini space shuttle is probably the first step among many in which this unit will have the tools necessary for orbital warfare.