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South Korea joins US-led space war game for the first time
South Korea’s air force is joining a US-led space war game for the first time from Nov.
2 to 6 in Orlando, Florida.
The US Space Force created the international exercise this year to strengthen cooperation among allies and partner countries.
Six countries are taking part: South Korea, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Brazil.
They will discuss how to deter and manage simulated space crises and coordinate their responses.
The exercise matters because it gives countries a chance to improve their readiness for joint space operations.
South Korea’s delegation will also study the US exercise and assess how to improve its own war-game program.
South Korea plans to develop its capabilities to contribute to joint space operations.
South Korea will take part for the first time in the US Space Force’s Partner to Win space war game.
The exercise is scheduled for Nov. 2 to 6 in Orlando, Florida.
Six countries are participating: South Korea, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Brazil.
The exercise will use discussion-based tabletop scenarios involving complex hypothetical space crises.
South Korea’s delegation plans to review ways to improve a war-game program developed by the Air Force Space Center.
- Who
- South Korea is joining the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Brazil.
- What
- South Korea will participate for the first time in Partner to Win, a US Space Force-led space war game.
- When
- Nov. 2 to 6, 2026.
- Where
- Orlando, Florida, United States.
- Why
- The exercise aims to strengthen cooperation among allies and partner countries and improve readiness for combined space operations.
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South Korea announced it would take part in Partner to Win for the first time.
The US Space Force-led war game is scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida.
- Exercise
- Partner to Win
- Dates
- Nov. 2–6, 2026
- Location
- Orlando, Florida
- Participants
- Six countries
- South Korean delegation lead
- Kim Simon, Air Force Space Center chief
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What people are saying
This participation in the war game will provide an opportunity to further strengthen space cooperation with allies and partner countries in line with changes in the space operations environment.