Remarks by CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman at AFA Warfare Symposium 2025

… Admittedly, compared to our other Core Functions of Global Space Operations and Assured Access to Space, Space Control is a new function for our fledgling service.<br /> <br /> And it&rsquo;s my number one priority whenever I speak to executive and legislative leaders because we currently don&rsquo;t have the resources to perform it as effectively as the joint force requires.<br /> <br /> Put simply, Space Control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain &mdash; employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities through disruption, degradation, and even destruction, if necessary.<br /> <br /> It includes things like orbital warfare and electromagnetic warfare, and its counterspace operations can be employed for both offensive and defensive purposes at the direction of combatant commands.<br /> <br /> Historically, we have avoided talking too much about Space Control &hellip; but why would you have a military space service if not to execute Space Control?<br /> …