"It is very clear, not just in the department but across, possibly, the country and the globe in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, how essential space is to warfighting," Plumb told reporters during a meeting of the Defense Writers Group in Washington.
Defense officials consistently note the extent to which warfighters depend on space for a variety of functions, which range from position, navigation and timing to targeting and surveillance of potential threats.
Officials have also warned that U.S. competitors have rapidly developed capabilities to deny the use of space and erode America's advantage in the domain.
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