Quand l'espace s'éteint : la nouvelle ligne de front de la paralysie stratégique

🛰️This IDEAS session will explore how space has become the invisible backbone of modern warfare – and one of its most vulnerable domains. As NATO and the EU deepen cooperation on satellite navigation, communications, and intelligence, adversaries are increasingly targeting these assets through jamming, cyberattacks, and orbital disruption. With the militarisation of space accelerating and legal frameworks lagging behind, the risk of strategic paralysis from sustained PNT or SATCOM disruption is real and immediate. The growing role of commercial satellite operators and public-private partnerships adds both opportunity and complexity to Allied resilience.

Emerging capabilities such as quantum-secure communications and orbital cybersecurity offer promise, but only if they are effectively integrated into resilient, multi-layered architectures. Given the expanding counterspace threat – from China’s advanced programmes in the Indo-Pacific to intensified GNSS and SATCOM interference in the Gulf – this panel explores how NATO–EU coordination, together with global partners, can protect critical space infrastructure and preserve deterrence, command continuity, and operational resilience.

🗣️ Session in English

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The IDEAS Team