According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, Iran has overtaken Iraq and China as the country most Americans believe represents the greatest danger to the US. Just three months ago, only nine percent of Americans polled felt that Iran presented a problem. In the latest poll, 27 percent cited Iran as the top danger. The import of Iran’s nuclear program even surpasses that of North Korea, with some 65 percent claiming Iran’s program is a major threat compared to 60 percent with a similar view of North Korean nuclear efforts.
After years of describing to lawmakers and Pentagon leaders the nature of that threat and the key role spacepower plays in deterring conflict in the domain and enabling the rest of the joint force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters during AFA’s Warfare Symposium here that the message appears to…