Offensive Space Weapons News Today

The review, to set out Space Force's "playing field," was tasked to the Defense Department and the IC by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, said Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori, Space Force head of strategy and plans.

Kendall's remarks, which came as a surprise to many, including several Space Force officers at the Space Symposium, serves as a direction for where the service should prioritize.

"Congress can hold politicals accountable -- not so much with the uniformed officers," one former DoD official said.

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 28, 2021 at 4:31 PM Gen. James Dickinson UPDATED TO INCLUDE LINK TO THE  VISION DOCUMENT. WASHINGTON: In his new Commander’s Vision, the head of Space Command says leading the fight to prevent adversaries from disabling or destroying US space assets is his new focus. “The intended audience is both internal and external,” Army Gen. James Dickinson told me in an interview yesterday. “Internally, the objective is to set the stage for SPACECOM personnel ...

Their aircraft, which remains on alert 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. with the fate of the nation potentially at stake, i had one overriding question. can u.s. credibly defend itself in space, without the ability to shoot back? >> are offensive space weapons part of the discussion for the u.s., under consideration? >> i would just put it this way, were looking across the whole spectrum of capability. >> so not taking that option off the table? >> absolutely. >> and so, 30 feet underground in p...

First reporter of that information is significantly shorter. >> back at strategic command, a clear indication of exactly whats at stake. a line of digital clocks that would start counting down if nuclear missiles were ever launched. red for the time to impact on an adversarys soil, blue for time to impact here in the u.s. and safe escape, the time that commanders here have to flee to their aircraft, which remains on alert 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. with the fate of the nation potentially a...