The Army wants its own ‘Space Force.’ They shouldn’t be allowed to have it. | Space

The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) recently announced it is planning to increase its space personnel and space control capabilities, despite the presence of the Space Force, created specifically to centralize resources and talent to maintain space superiority and provide those capabilities for the combatant commands to employ.

The nation does not need the Army to duplicate those capabilities. In truth, the Army replicating Space Force operations within its service wastes precious resources, undermines jointness, and drives organizational fissures — all of which hinder America’s ability to fight and win.

To date, there has been no pushback by the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff or Congress on this bad idea. That should change, and those who should know better need to muster up the courage to halt these wasteful duplicative actions. The Army should be stopped, and all resources involved should be revectored to the Space Force.

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