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Restore offensive capabilities in space

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 4, p. 118. Written by Christopher Miller.

Restore offensive capabilities in space

The document says “shouldWho acts: President, DODHow: internal managementp. 118 in the PDF
What the document says

“Reestablish offensive capabilities to guarantee a favorable balance of forces”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 118

The chapter states that the Biden Administration eliminated almost all offensive deterrence capabilities in space in favor of defensive ones, which it calls the most costly, slowest and most fragile choice. It asks for offensive capabilities to be restored, for space control capability to be expanded to include cis-lunar space, and for less overclassification.

What the document actually says

“Reestablish offensive capabilities to guarantee a favorable balance of forces”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 118
That sentence, in plain words

Build back the power to strike. That keeps the balance in our favor.

What this is about

Satellites in space guide troops and weapons. Today the plan is mostly to defend them. The book says America should also be able to attack. It says that would make an enemy think twice.

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