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counterspace

counterspace adjective: pertaining to antispace access or assets, and countering space access or assets.

Adjective

counterspace (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to antispace access or assets, and countering space access or assets.
    • In order to understand why a counterspace capability will be critical in 2025, it is only necessary to look at recent developments which point to the explosive growth in usage of space assets worldwide. As both commercial needs and military missions are increasingly met via space systems, the...1996 August, Lt. Col. Robert H. Zielinski with Lt. Col. Robert M. Worley II, Maj. Douglas S. Black, Maj. Scott A. Henderson, and Maj. David C. Johnson, “Star Tek — Exploiting the Final Frontier...
    • AFDD 2-2.1 highlights the linkage between the concepts of space situational awareness (SSA) and counterspace operations, explaining that SSA "is the result of sufficient knowledge about space-related conditions, constraints, capabilities, and activities ... in, from, toward, or through space" (2)....2004 December 1, Lt. Col. Paula B. Flavell, “AFDD 2-2.1, Counterspace Operations”, in Air & Space Power Journal, Air University, United States Air Force, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2011

Forms of counterspace

alternative formcounter-space

Origin of counterspace

From counter- + space.

Questions about counterspace

What does counterspace mean?
Counterspace means pertaining to antispace access or assets, and countering space access or assets.
What part of speech is counterspace?
Counterspace is an adjective.

Words near counterspace in the dictionary

  1. countersocializing
  2. countersorcerer
  3. countersorcerers
  4. countersorceries
  5. countersorcery
  6. counterspace
  7. counterspecies
  8. counterspectacle
  9. counterspectacles
  10. counterspeech
  11. counterspeeches

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