Did you notice that the latest QDR, which contains so much about everything else, contains no force structure chart at all? Each of the three earlier top-to-bottom reviews (in 1993, 1997, and 2001) provided details about forthcoming force structure. Check here for a summary of what the Pentagon actually does say about the subject. It’s not much.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
