South Korea and the United States conducted a combined tabletop exercise against space-based threats earlier this week, the South's military said Friday, amid growing space security threats by North Korea.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US Space Forces Korea held the discussion-based Polaris Lynx exercise for the first time on Thursday, joined by military officials and space security experts, according to the JCS.
Officials from the US Forces Korea and the South's Agency for Defense Development took part as observers.
Participants held in-depth discussions on responding to potential space threats on the Korean Peninsula and conducted the exercise by simulating North Korea's GPS jamming and its attacks against South Korean satellites.
The JCS said it will hold regular exercises with the US to enhance the allies' space capabilities and interoperability.
In working-level talks on space cooperation held in Washington last year, the allies agreed to launch the tabletop exercise in efforts to strengthen their security cooperation in space.
South Korea has been seeking to bolster its space capabilities as the North moves to ramp up efforts to acquire space-based reconnaissance capabilities against its enemies.
South Korea successfully launched its fourth military spy satellite into orbit in April, while the North has yet to launch additional reconnaissance satellites after launching its first one in 2023. (Yonhap)
