Tag: space warfare
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Future military satellite will need operational surprise
In future wars, military satellites will likely no longer be locked in orbit. Satellites in a predictable orbit are easy targets, known positions on a map that can be bypassed or neutralized, said Space Command’s leader, Gen. Stephen Whiting, during Space Symposium at The Broadmoor. Space Command is charged with defending American interests from 100 kilometers…
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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from Colorado Springs…