Space Force adds domain control as key function, adding focus to counter-space

By Shelley K. Mesch / March 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
DENVER -- Domain control needs to be seen as a key function of the Space Force and would include offensive as well as defensive capabilities on the ground and on orbit to counter potential adversaries such as China, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today. Electromagnetic and kinetic means to disrupt, degrade, deny or destroy enemy satellites and systems are going to be needed to deter or defeat China, Saltzman said here at the Air and Space Forces...

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