The language in the new version of DoDD 3100.10 is notable for the specific reference to SPACECOM's responsibility for "offensive" as well as "defensive" operations worldwide — the word offensive is not included in the 2022 version.
Vipin Narang, who was tapped as acting assistant secretary following Plumb's departure, is due to exit back to MIT within a few months; Travis Langster, who has been shepherding the transition of DoD's commercial space monitoring mission to the Commerce Department, has joined DoD's acquisition office.
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
"If we want deterrence to be effective, it takes three things: 1. Capabilities 2. Credible threats in the mind of the adversary and 3. The will to communicate the first two," Chris Stone, Mitchell Institute fellow, told Breaking Defense.