China’s growing number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites are “designed to find, fix, track and target US forces and allied forces. They’re designed to help kill sailors, airmen, soldiers, and Marines,” said Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, head of the Space Force’s Indo-Pacific component command.
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The new satellites will be integrated into SDA’s first operationally capable set of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, called “Tranche 1,” the SDA spokesperson explained.
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SPACECOM is “looking at” whether it would make sense to combine two of its operational centers, Gen. Jim Dickinson said.
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The new Space Forces – Indo-Pacific component command is headed by Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, and comprises 21 Guardians embedded at US Indo-Pacific Command.
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The Army’s 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade has been training Ukrainian troops in Germany since May.
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Congress rebuked the Pentagon for “improperly focused” budget request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee’s new defense spending bill adds $2.5 billion focused on capabilities in the INDO-PACOM region.
By Justin Katz
“The point is, that it is Asia that is the prize. We call it the Pacific, but Asia is the prize,” argues Maj. Gen. Brad Gericke, the Army’s director for strategy, plans and policy. “And that’s where power, that’s where economic, military social informational power is going to primarily emanate from over the next century.”
By Colin Clark
“Our secretary has been very clear that he wants us to move rapidly from experimentation and demonstration to fielding,” says Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap.
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“One of the challenges that I see with JADC2 is: is it really joint? Or is it SADC2 — in other words, is it really just a service all domain command and control?” quipped George Ka’iliwai, director of requirements and resources (J8), at Indo-Pacific Command headquarters.
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Phase Zero isn’t “peace” any more in Army’s capstone doctrine. The new model “recognizes that you’re continuously conducting operations and there is no peace. It’s just competition,” says Rich Creed, head of the Army’s Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate.
By Colin Clark
Ghost Reaper upgrades include Northrop Grumman’s Freedom Pod, which houses the company’s gateway radio system that can connect fourth- and fifth-generation fighters.
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With this Party Congress under way in Beijing, Xi Jinping will put in place China’s political and military leadership for the next five years, writes Dean Cheng.
By Dean Cheng