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.