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Space

U.S. At Risk Of Creating Maginot Line With MILSATCOM Assets, Analyst Says

Friday, July 26th, 2013

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The United States is at risk of creating a Maginot Line in space, primarily with military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) assets, because it continues to assume that space systems will not be attacked in conventional conflict, according to an analyst from a leading Washington think tank. Todd Harrison, from the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), said even though the United States has continued to improve its space systems over the years, they are still primarily designed to protect…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]