Loverro: DOD needs policy for using commercial, international space assets to strike targets

By Courtney Albon / April 13, 2016 at 4:09 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- The Pentagon needs to develop a policy surrounding the use of space capabilities owned by industry and foreign governments to "apply lethal force," according to the Defense Department's top space policy official. Today, DOD relies largely on its own positioning and imaging satellites and sensors to identify and engage targets. But as industry and allies improve their capabilities and the Pentagon seeks to tap into that innovation, it needs to articulate a policy for making warfighting...

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