Space Force Component Strengthens U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

November 2, 2023

AFCEA International

The Indo-Pacific Region, the U.S. military’s largest area of responsibility, and some would say the most important region in terms of U.S. national security, falls under the purview of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), one of the seven U.S. geographical combatant commands. The U.S. Space Force has added a service component to the command, strengthening INDOPACOM’s space-related defenses at a time when the near-peer adversarial threat is growing from China and, to an extent, North Korea and Russia.

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