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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals…
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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals and the vast crowd of commercial enterprises elbowing their way…
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Analysis: Congress wary of Space Force spending | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The nation’s newest service is beset with old problems that slow the fielding of new gear and carve big holes in even the Pentagon’s massive budget, the House Armed Services Committee warned in a memo this month. The committee sent that message in a memorandum…
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Analysis: Congress wary of Space Force spending | Tom Roeder
The nation’s newest service is beset with old problems that slow the fielding of new gear and carve big holes in even the Pentagon’s massive budget, the House Armed Services Committee warned in a memo this month. The committee sent that message in a memorandum accompanying its version of the Defense Department budget. The committee,…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…