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Recently, opponents of missile defenses published editorials in several outlets accusing the Trump administration of “conjuring” up an “arms race” that will severely damage “strategic stability by proposing an Iron Dome for America. This view is ill informed at best and severely dangerous at worst. There are several reasons this is true in the great […]
Iron Dome America Is Not a Threat to Peace was originally published on Global Security Review.
The US Space Force, if judged by inflation-adjusted funding in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 and 2025 budgets, is showing signs of decline. The Biden administration’s FY 2025 request of $29.6 billion, makes up about 3.5 percent of the Department of Defense’s total budget request. Oddly, the FY 2025 request is the first in which […]
Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget was originally published on Global Security Review.
Since the establishment of the United States Space Force in 2019, many in the federal defense establishment have aggressively fought to prevent the establishment of the Space National Guard. The reasons are numerous. In 2020 there was a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that claimed a Space National Guard component would be enormously expensive and […]
Space Guard Opponents Seek Unraveling of Constitution’s National Defense Framework was originally published on Global Security Review.
“And so I think, as you see new missions come on, you can presume that that means more Guardians to perform those missions, and we’ll have to adjust the strength going up,” said CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman.
In this op-ed, Todd Harrison dives into what the Space Forces needs in the 2024 NDAA, and what it doesn’t, to continue its maturing as the newest military service.
X-37B Encapsulated
Featuring the United States Space Force (USSF) logo for the first time, the encapsulated X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for the USSF-52 Mission. (Courtesy photo from Boeing)
Space.com: SpaceX will launch the Space Force’s mysteri…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to launch the U.S. Air Space Force’s secretive X-37B spaceplane, according to a recent service press release. The Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane, operated by the Department of the Air Force Rapid Ca…
Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense company, has embarked on a groundbreaking mission with the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) High Power program. Recently awarded $33.7 million from the Air Force Research Labo…
In August 2023, the Department of the Air Force released its congressional report on Space Force strategy, which was directed by Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023. The requirement was due to Congress’ desire to “establish a comprehensive strategy for the Space Force” that would include space “control” capabilities as […]
The Comprehensive Strategy for the Space Force: The Good and Bad was originally published on Global Security Review.
A five-year funding chart included in the strategy shows a steep increase in planned missile warning spending.