The interview signalled a rapprochement between Saltzman and the institute, following his Feb. 20 ban on engagement with Mitchell by Space Force personnel.
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“We’re very much complimentary to the Space Force and to the other services, but we truly do see space as that critical component to set the theater well in advance of phase one operations,” Col. Donald Brooks, commandant of the Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence, told Breaking Defense. “When the first round is shot, the missile is shot, space needs to be there months, if not years, in advance to help set those conditions.”
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A recent memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, has raised concerns that inconsistencies with both joint doctrine and DoD budget organization could create confusion within combatant commands and Congress.
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The new version of Joint Publication 3-14 explains that “offensive and defensive space operations” are supported primarily by “direct capabilities” — that is, “fires that impact an adversary.”
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Space Doctrine Publication 3.0, crafted by STARCOM, provides baseline definitions for offensive, defensive, and “mobility and logistics” ops.
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“While important, a narrow focus on protecting space capabilities disregards how U.S. strategic competitors are preparing to use their own space capabilities to find, target, and attack forces operating in the terrestrial domains,” Gen. Chance Saltzman wrote in an internal Commander’s Note obtained by Breaking Defense.
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“There are hard kill and soft kill capabilities, if you will, that we’re funding,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said with regards to offensive space capabilities, but none that would created dangerous space debris.
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John Plumb noted that his office now is working directly with the IC “on reducing some of those classification issues to the point where we can share” information with allies and partners to enable collaborative operations.
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The directive officially codifies the responsibilities of the Space Force, Space Command and the assistant secretary for space policy, as well as formalizing the “tenets” of responsible behavior for the military laid out by Secretary Lloyd Austin in a memo last year.
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“The government has not decided what we want our format to be” for SSA data provided by commercial firms, explained SPACECOM’s Col. Scot Brodeur. “But when we do decide, in short order I need y’all to be all in on getting onto that format.”
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The push to declassify an existing space weapon is being spearheaded by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Congressional authorizers approved some $10.4 billion in Space Force RTD&E, an almost $85 million bump from the budget request.
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“We’ve decided that the topic is important enough and unique enough that we need a group of people who understand it down to its most fundamental levels.”
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“We’re looking internally to my headquarters, as well as here at Peterson, to bring some of our great allies and partners into our staff and into our operations and processes here at the Combatant Command level as well,” said SPACECOM head Gen. James Dickinson.
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