We all remember the #1 Rule for Fight Club; “You do not talk about Fight Club”. It turns out Space Wars have a #1 Rule too. Continue reading to learn what it is.

The author of this blog spent a portion of his career working for the Submarine Security Program, sponsored by the Chief Of Naval Operations.  The mission of the Security Program is to ensure that the US Strategic Nuclear Submarine Force is equipped to operate in a way that ensures their safety and survivability in peacetime, so that they stand ready to perform their mission if and when called upon to do so.  It is vital that SSBNs are in constant readiness to perform their mission when called upon.  This is the basic principal of strategic deterrence at sea.

An upcoming Lecture Series being offered by ATI is called “How To Fight And Win Space Wars”. 

As an individual who concentrated on Sea Wars, I had never given much thought to Space Wars, but it is noteworthy that Sea Wars and Space Wars have much in common.

Paul Szymanski, the presenter of the upcoming ATI Lecture Series, authored a paper titled “How To Fight and Win the Coming Space War”. Mr. Szymanski has 50 years’ experience in space war policy, doctrine, strategy, simulations, surveillance, survivability, threat assessment, long-range strategic planning, and command and control.  In his paper, he discusses what he believes are the Top 40 Rules to Fight and Win a Space War.  His #1 Rule sounded oddly familiar to myself when I read it.

Paul claims that the #1 rule of winning a Space War is to ensure that the assets which will be used during a Space War are safe, secure, and survivable during the peacetime period which precedes the Space War.  Again, if the satellites or weapons which will be instrumental during a space war are vulnerable or destroyed before the war begins, the outcome of the war will not be a good one for the US.

ATI encourages everyone to hear what Paul has to teach us about the upcoming Space Wars.  Paul will be presenting a free one-hour webinar titled “How To Fight And Win Space Wars” on November 22.  Based on student response to this Webinar, ATI will be offering other Space Wars Lectures by Paul in the coming months. 

This free webinar is a great way to introduce yourself to both the instructor and the topic at no cost.  Feel free to attend the webinar even if you have no plan to attend future lectures; maybe you will learn something, and maybe Paul will change your mind about future lectures.

To learn more, and to register for the upcoming free Space Wars lecture, please visit here.

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