{"id":59346,"date":"2026-05-18T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/european-defence-ministers-seek-to-boost-cooperation-in-space\/18\/05\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:54:59","slug":"european-defence-ministers-seek-to-boost-cooperation-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/european-defence-ministers-seek-to-boost-cooperation-in-space\/18\/05\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"European defence ministers seek to boost cooperation in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Defence capabilities in space have an ever-increasing and rapidly evolving significance for all forms of military conflict, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said after meeting his counterparts from Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg in Berlin on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pistorius said that during his trip to Ukraine last week he had seen &#8220;how Ukraine has been able, with the aid of Starlink and modern drone technology, to target the logistics of the Russian invaders behind the frontline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peace needed to be secured &#8220;in deterrence capability in space as well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_m758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_m758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_m758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The German defence minister pointed to increased cooperation in joint training on orbiting objects and avoiding collision and also on reconnaissance and protection of satellite systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The defence ministers at the meeting were Austria&#8217;s Klaudia Tanner, Switzerland&#8217;s Martin Pfister and Luxembourg&#8217;s Yuriko Backes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/european-defence-ministers-seek-boost-143933486.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence capabilities in space have an ever-increasing and rapidly evolving significance for all forms of military conflict, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/european-defence-ministers-seek-to-boost-cooperation-in-space\/18\/05\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/b827ccf140ac2da98d578f2b01f638a9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}