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Winning the Kill Chain Competition

July 28, 2023 | By Heather Penney
For the U.S. Air Force to maintain its kill chain advantage, it must evolve its kill chains to counter adversary strategies to break them. 

New Report: Air Force Needs to Invest in a Faster, More Resilient Kill Chain

May 3, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
China has structured its military to defeat the U.S. “kill chain”—the sequence of steps needed to spot and destroy particular targets—and the Air Force must now ensure its process is agile and resilient, largely by investing in new platforms and networks, an expert from the ...

The Evolution of Space-Based ISR 

Aug. 10, 2022 | By Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Taverney, USAF (Ret.)
With roots in the near-space photo reconnaissance of the U-2 Dragon Lady, space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance has become increasingly sophisticated and valuable over the past 65 years. Things will only get more interesting in the future.

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