#USSPACECOM Chief of Staff, @usairforce Maj. Gen. Brook Leonard moderated a #SpaceSymposium panel comprised of the leadership from #USSPACECOM’s service components, the source from which combatant commands like #USSPACECOM receive forces and capabilities. #Thread🧵
1/ Alongside international partners and allies, #USSPACECOM promotes responsible behaviors in the space domain. Emphasizing the importance of these shared principles, Lt. Gen. Whiting, @ussfspoc commander, remarked: “how we act and operate reflects who we are and our values.” 🌎
Mar 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Live @ACScowcroft: GEN James Dickinson, #USSPACECOM Cdr: It is important to understand that in the space domain, our pacing challenge remains China. China has developed and fielded #ASAT weapons as a way to erode the superiority of our space systems...
Russia remains a persistent threat to our interests in space. Russia, like China, possesses sophisticated lasing and jamming capabilities, but most concerning is their development and testing of ground-based #ASAT weapons.
Mar 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Live: #USSPACECOM Commander GEN James Dickinson @SASCDems@SASCGOPgo.usa.gov/xzBpM
"Today we are not only in full support of our joint forces globally & #NATO in Europe, but we remain hard at work building the command to our Full Operational Capability"
#USSPACECOM deputy cmdr, Lt Gen John Shaw at @ascendspace on Russian DA-ASAT test: We are still characterizing this event. We expect the debris will grow over time. #Perigee, #apogee event will widen. "It will become a threat that we will have to deal with." #ASAT#Russia
Shaw: This isnt' the beginning of such activity. #Russia conducted a similar test in April, though it didn't target a #satellite. Russia is showing "disregard of the sustainability of #space."
Dec 21, 2020 • 19 tweets • 7 min read
Brig Gen Brook Leonard, #USSPACECOM chief of staff, is speaking right now at the #Space Power Forum presented by the Air Force Association’s @MitchellStudies.
Leonard on #USSPACECOM & @SpaceForceDoD: Awesome to see the focus our nation has on increasing our #space capabilities, awareness & what we're able to do.
Oct 21, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
.@USArmy GEN James Dickinson, #USSPACECOM cmdr, at @ussfspoc establishment: Today, we formally establish what amounts to the biggest arrow in a quiver to protect & defend US/allied interests in #space.
In days of 1st #USSPACECOM 30 yrs ago, we often spoke about warfighter support. Today, we are the warfighters. We have a task to perform traditional supporting functions AND supported warfighting mission.