Rules-Based Interplanetary Order: US Space Command Takes Conflict with China and Russia to the Heavens
Rules-Based Interplanetary Order: US Space Command Takes Conflict with China and Russia to the Heavens General James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 21 and laid out the purpose, progress and plans of the Pentagon’s latest unified combatant command. SPACECOM in its current avatar was established slightly more than a year and a half ago. Its mission statement begins with: “United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) conducts operations in, from, and to space to deter conflict, and if necessary, defeat aggressi...