Pentagon developing new strategy to address overclassification of space capabilities

By Courtney Albon / April 7, 2020 at 3:55 PM
The Pentagon will hold a tabletop exercise this week to inform a new space deterrence strategy aimed at improving the Defense Department's messaging around space capabilities by potentially declassifying some information. Chief of Space Operations and Commander of U.S. Space Command Gen. John Raymond told reporters today during a Mitchell Institute event the study should be completed "sooner rather than later," but did not provide a specific timeline. Raymond and other Pentagon officials, including Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and...

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