There has been a significant spike in hostile activity since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Major General Vincent Chusseau told Reuters. UKRAINE CONFLICT HIGHLIGHTS SPACE RISKSThe Ukraine conflict shows “space is now a fully-fledged operational domain,” Chusseau said. Canada’s military space chief, speaking alongside Chusseau at a conference in Paris on Tuesday, said there are now more than 200 anti-satellite weapons in orbit. GERMANY IS ENHANCING SPACE DEFENCESThe German government is “absolutely determined to quickly enhance our capabilities and defend our national systems,” Major General Michael Traut, head of German Space Command, told the conference hosted by French consulting firm Novaspace. The aim is also to acquire surface-to-space capabilities “to deny, prohibit and disrupt” adversaries, French Space Command told Reuters.