2026-09-24 Makani Lab · Theater Joint Force Space Component Posture · Presence · Partnership
BLUF — Posture (resilience): Poland called a fire at a Starlink ground station serving Ukraine sabotage, and UK officials said the UK has jammed satellites in its own defense. The PRC orbited Yaogan 40 Group 04 from Taiyuan. Partnership moved to Train in Hawaii and Indonesia: RAN divers on Virginia-class sustainment and Trident Resolve with all 19 ADMM-Plus nations. Attention: Trump-Xi talks today cover AI and Taiwan.
BBC News (World) · 2026-09-23 ResilienceEUCOMProtectionFVEY
UK officials told the BBC the UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats; the RAF has just stood up its first counterspace squadron.
So what: A FVEY partner now owns up to reversible counterspace effects in a contested domain.
North Korea said on 24 Sep it test-fired shells for an upgraded multiple-rocket launcher, four days after its Hwasongpho-11Ma-1 glide-vehicle test (Yonhap).
So what: Serial DPRK tests keep theater missile-warning sensors and cueing under steady load.
Air & Space Forces Magazine · 2026-09-23 CapabilitySPACECOMSustainmentUSSF
USSF weighs multiyear buys as it plans for up to 5x more satellites in 3-5 years; SDA names optical crosslinks and focal planes as chokepoints (Air & Space Forces).
So what: Supply-chain chokepoints set how fast new SDA and MW layers reach the theater.
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Air & Space Forces Magazine · 2026-09-23 C2SPACECOMCommand and ControlUSSF
A Guardian led the C2 crew for the first time in AFRL's July human-machine teaming sprint at Nellis, scoring AI-aided versus human-only decisions (Air & Space Forces).
So what: Guardian-led, AI-aided C2 is the model for space seats in theater operations centers.
U.S. Pacific Command · 2026-09-23 TrainPACOMCommand and ControlAllies & Partners
The U.S. and Indonesia co-chair Trident Resolve, 20-26 Sep in Banten, with 2,200 personnel from all 19 ADMM-Plus nations; USARPAC's 18th TMC is ARFOR HQ.
So what: Largest ADMM-Plus event in a decade trains the multinational staff space support plugs into.
U.S. Pacific Command · 2026-09-23 SharePACOMProtectionAllies & Partners
Hawaii Air National Guard and Philippine Air Force held a ground radar air defense expert exchange, 14-18 Sep, at several sites in the Philippines (INDOPACOM).
So what: SME exchange is the Share step toward a shared Philippine air and missile picture.
USNI News · 2026-09-23 SharePACOMMovement and ManeuverTaiwan
Taiwan transferred the decommissioned 500-ton patrol vessel Kinmen to the Philippines, the largest Taipei-Manila maritime security step in years (USNI News).
So what: Partner-to-partner transfers thicken the maritime domain awareness net near Luzon Strait.
Watch list
Trump-Xi talks today in Washington cover AI, trade and Taiwan; watch PRC gray-zone activity in the AOR.