The idea of offensive space capabilities is “a little bit of a misnomer,” said Gen. John Hyten, head of Air Force Space Command, on Tuesday. “If the United States is attacked, wherever we’re attacked, whether it’s by radical terrorists in Iraq or Syria, whether it’s in Afghanistan, or whether it’s in space, it’s the United States of America that responds, it’s not just Space Command,” his said in his address at AFA’s Air & Space Conference in National Harbor, Md. “So if we’re attacked some day, it won’t be just the space guys that have to figure out how to respond to that attack, it’ll be the United States of America, and … we have all kinds of means to bring to bear against the problem,” he said. Similarly, the United States has “the capability to respond across the board” if attacked in the cyber realm, said Hyten. The cyber threat to ground forces is significant, he said, citing GPS as an example. “GPS is hooked into so many civilian capabilities, and those civilian capabilities are plugged in across our network,” he said.
Details Murky as ARRW Falls Short in Second Test
March 24, 2023
The second all-up flight of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon on March 13 fell short of a fully successful test, but the Air Force isn’t saying what went wrong with the Lockheed Martin-built hypersonic missile. The defense giant's Missiles and Fire Control division recently said the ARRW is "ready…