US officials warn of growing drone threat over military sites - The Times of India
A former top US military commander warned that officials in Washington have underestimated the threat posed by drones in American airspace, despite numerous cases of mysterious drone swarms over sensitive military sites. Retired US air force general Glen VanHerck, who previously led the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US northern command, said the country still lacks the…
“US officially deemed space a potential battlefield way back in 1976 under Ford administration, Brian Weeden, Secure World Foundation’s head of program planning and a former Air Force officer, said in an email. Brent Scowcroft, who was then national security advisor to President Ford, on July 7 issued a presidential decision directive (PDD) (now partially declassified) “on the need to improve resilience/defensive measures against hostile threats,” Weedon explained, namely Soviet anti-satellite developments.”
Dickinson:
“One, our enduring, no-fail mission to enable warfighting operations in other domains. Two, our future mission as global SATCOM manager and global sensor manager. And three, our current new mission set compelling us to fight and win in the space domain in order to protect and defend our interests there.
“Additionally, this warfighting domain is growing, and this AOR is by far the biggest and is getting bigger, each day,” he added.
"We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners," says Army Gen. James
“When you have somebody from Space Command saying: ‘So, we’ve owned the missile warning mission since Space Command stood up,’ is totally deceiving and incorrect,” VanHerck said.
After what Gen. Glen VanHerck called a "totally deceiving and incorrect" SPACECOM statement, there was widespread confusion about who is cha
U.S. Space Command takes over new responsibilities for missile defense
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"We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners," says Army Gen. James
“The UCP (while no longer classified, is labeled For Official Use Only and is not publicly available) also includes new SPACECOM responsibilities for global responsibilities, such as “global sensor manager” and “global satcom bandwidth manager.” Global sensor management refers to matching the capabilities of the myriad sensors that contribute to space domain awareness and missile warning to specific missions. Likewise, the global SATCOM bandwidth management job requires SPACECOM to provide services to commanders and troops on the field, but also to protect and defend satcom capabilities.”
