Pentagon Releases Strategy for US Superiority in Space

Pentagon Releases Strategy for US Superiority in Space
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Stephen Kitay holds a press briefing for the media on Defense Space Strategy in the Pentagon Briefing Room on June 17, 2020. DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard
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The Department of Defense on June 17 released its Defense Space Strategy, which will serve as a roadmap for how it will go about ensuring a “secure, stable, and accessible” space domain for the United States and its allies, while advancing U.S. military space power.

“The Defense Space Strategy is the next step to ensure space superiority and to secure the Nation’s vital interests in space, now and in the future,” Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a statement. ”We desire a secure, stable, and accessible space domain that underpins our Nation’s security, prosperity, and scientific achievement.