SASC Hearing on U.S. Strategic Command, March 2018

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) held a hearing on U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) on March 20, 2018.  USSTRATCOM Commander Gen. John Hyten was the only witness.  He declined to endorse President Trump’s call for creating a Space Force; endorsed the need for space-based sensors as part of Ballistic Missile Defense, but not space-based interceptors; and said that an up-to-date National Security Space Strategy exists,  but is so classified that few people know about it, and that’s a problem.

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on March 20, 2018.