“The key word here is persistence,” study author Masao Dahlgren told Breaking Defense. “How do we get persistence over the regions we care about? That hasn’t been as explicitly put into prior work until now. This report puts into sharp relief.”
By Theresa Hitchens“We’re cognizant of the fact Russia is retaking a lot of positions that they used to have in the Arctic,” said Pål Jonson, Sweden’s defense minister. “There is a degree of militarization…and we have to respond to that.”
By Tim Martin“We’re ready to transition over to technology development,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the Center for Strategic and International Studies today.
By Theresa HitchensOne of the most worrisome trends reported by the Secure World Foundation and Center for Strategic and International Studies is the increase in the number of countries seeking to develop counterspace capabilities.
By Theresa Hitchens“I think there are more questions than answers right now when it comes to SJ-21,” Todd Harrison, director of CSIS’s Aerospace Project, told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa HitchensThe similarities of the failed DoD push in the early 2000s to implement “network-centric warfare” to the evolution of today’s JADC2 effort are striking and ominous, the CSIS study shows.
By Theresa HitchensThe US intends to support the British effort.
By Theresa Hitchens“The future will be a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic. It will be a mix of hard kill and soft kill, because of where the threat is going to. The threat will drive us to do something different,” says Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who heads the Missile Defense Agency.
By Theresa Hitchens“It’s ultimately a political decision, and … this demands a strong and fully staffed OSD,” said Mackenzie Eaglen, of the American Enterprise Institute. “That doesn’t seem likely until much later this year.”
By Theresa Hitchens“From the evidence we have available, it sure looks like Russia is a bigger counterspace threat than China, which is contrary to a lot of the public discussion that focuses almost entirely on China,” said SWF’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa Hitchens“This issue of classification and the challenge it presents to public discussion is … part of the reason why we wrote this report. There’s nothing in the public domain like this,” says CSIS’s Kaitlyn Johnson.
By Theresa HitchensCSIS’s Todd Harrison said he believes that the “many challenges” to the SHiELD concept can be overcome “with time and money” — and could well be worth expending because of the potential benefits.
By Theresa Hitchens