Restore offensive capabilities in space
What the document says“Reestablish offensive capabilities to guarantee a favorable balance of forces”
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”
Build back the power to strike. That keeps the balance in our favor.
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.
The Iron Dome for America
2025-01-27 · 90 FR 8767
The order directs the Secretary of Defense to plan for proliferated space-based interceptors capable of boost-phase intercept and for capabilities to defeat missile attacks before launch and in the boost phase, which places weapons in orbit and reaches past interception of incoming warheads. That overlaps part of what the chapter asks for. The purpose is different and the rest is missing: the architecture ordered is a homeland missile defense shield against ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles, not the space control capability against an adversary's space assets that the chapter has in mind, there is nothing about extending space control to cis-lunar space, and nothing about the overclassification the chapter also raises.
The order calls for plans to put arms in space. They would stop missiles, even before launch. That is part of what the chapter wanted. But the goal is a shield for the homeland, not control of space itself.