What future challenges will Air Force Space Command face?
The very nature of warfare is changing at an amazing rate. Adversaries no longer mass forces and move troops and supplies in tight formations. The enemy of today is increasingly elusive, fleeting and widely dispersed. Individuals and non-state actors are gaining access to increasing amounts of power through the proliferation of technology and information. Our challenge is to maintain a continuing advantage during these times of great change, to meet this adversary head on, anticipating their next move and fielding capabilities that will provide combatant commanders with an asymmetric advantage. Our toughest task is developing next generation systems that meet the combatant commander’s requirements, on time and on budget. We are simultaneously modernizing every major system in our inventory—from satellite constellations, to missile warning and to our nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile force. Fielding these types of capabilities while simultaneously prosecuting a global war is a
