{"id":17763,"date":"2021-02-02T01:11:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/02\/we-hold-these-space-truths-to-be-self-evident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:34","slug":"we-hold-these-space-truths-to-be-self-evident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2021\/02\/02\/we-hold-these-space-truths-to-be-self-evident\/","title":{"rendered":"We hold these Space Truths to be self-evident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 In a new strategic vision, Gen. James Dickinson outlines the truths and tasks U.S. Space Command must adopt in order to maintain American space supremacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breezy eight-page document <\/a>reaffirms the incredible value space provides to the nation\u2019s economy<\/a> and military, but warns of the growing threat posed by anti-satellite weapons being developed by China and Russia<\/a>. Throughout the Trump administration\u2019s term, officials frequently cited the development and testing of anti-satellite weapons as a justification for the establishment of both Space Command and the U.S. Space Force, blaming China and Russia for bringing to space the potential for conflict and war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur competitors are not only challenging national security and prosperity in cyberspace, on land, at sea, and in the air; they have turned space, a once peaceful environment, into a war-fighting domain,\u201d Dickinson wrote. \u201cBy developing, testing and deploying counter-space capabilities and evolving their military doctrines to extend into space, our competitors seek to prevent our unfettered access to space and deny our freedom to operate in space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t