“As the era of great power competition continues to evolve, we must understand the full breadth and depth of the competition, how they think, and how they are likely to act or react.” ~Brendan Mulvaney, Director of the Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), in the introduction to “China’s Space Narrative” Read Full Story
We celebrate that historic day 75 years ago (September 2, 1945) when Japan’s unconditional surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri officially ended World War II, which for the United States officially began when Congress issued a formal declaration of war on December 8, 1941. Read Full Story
The inaugural Space Capstone Publication, Spacepower (SCP), is the first United States Space Force (USSF) articulation of doctrine for its independent theory of spacepower. Read Full Story
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We [don’t] pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” ~ Ronald Reagan Read Full Story
DoD is upgrading the Aegis BMD system’s SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, and its command, control system to intercept ICBMs. It’s about time since even the Block IB had this potential!!! So, we are reportedly taking the first step of the Heritage Foundation’s 1995 Team B Recommendations for a Global Defense. When, oh when, will we take the second and go to space? Read Full Story
“Blackjack, in summary, is turning the corner from our phase one exploration of what type of commercial technology we can use to leverage the entire military utility of P-LEO, hopefully disruptive approaches to constellations and network architectures, [and] space mesh networks of the future.” ~ DARPA Blackjack Project Manager Paul “Rusty” Thomas Read Full Story
The Trump administration’s funding priorities display an apparent strategy to play “catch-up” with the growing Russian and Chinese hypersonic threat capabilities — and to rely totally on the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) strategy of the Cold War. Does President Trump really want a new Cold War, now involving a multilateral offensive nuclear arms race? I hope not! Read Full Story
“Regrettably, both Congress and the Administration appear to present ambiguities in their approach to missile defense policy. The U.S. Congress can do better, as the FY 2017 NDAA demonstrated. And the Administration will have to get on the same page consistently if it wants to effectively communicate the value of ballistic missile defense to the American people and members of Congress who represent them.” Michaela Dodge in her March 2020, National Institute for Public Policy Report, The Backward Step on Missile Defense in the FY 2020 NDAA Read Full Story
“. . . don’t lose sight of the competition from China that is already present in your state. Let’s all rise to the occasion and protect our security, our economy, indeed all that we hold dear.” ~ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Read Full Story
“The Chinese government has been methodical in the way it’s analyzed our system… it’s assessed our vulnerabilities and it’s decided to exploit our freedoms, to gain an advantage over us at the federal level, the state level and the local level. . . Competition with China is happening. It’s happening in your state. In fact, I’d be surprised if most of you in the audience had not been lobbied by the Chinese Communist Party directly.” ~ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Read Full Story
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.