{"id":2151367,"date":"2026-09-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2151367"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:00:00","slug":"joint-chiefs-chairman-us-military-must-be-prepared-for-moon-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2151367","title":{"rendered":"Joint Chiefs Chairman: US Military Must Be Prepared for Moon Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We learned earlier this week that the US has deployed its first secretive space weapon in orbit above Earth<\/u><\/a>. Now, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the United States military must be prepared to one day fight battles on the moon. Or real close to the moon, depending on how the term \u201ccislunar\u201d is read. <\/p>\n

As reported by Defense One<\/u><\/a>, General Dan Caine made the following remarks in his recent keynote address at the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur task, my friends, is to adapt right now, so the Joint Force is prepared to fight, endure, and win, in global contested environments, from the seabed to cislunar space,\u201d Caine said, later adding that \u201ctoday\u2019s modern battlefield operates from the seabed to cislunar space.\u201d<\/p>\n

But as Defense One points out, the definition of cislunar is vague when it comes to US law. Is it the region of space just outside of the moon or does it include the surface of the moon itself? Depends on who you ask, it seems. <\/p>\n