
One of U.S. Space Command's goals on its Integrated Priorities List is "integrated space fires," but thus far the command has not directly said whether that means direct, kinetic fires against the space systems of an adversary, or not. During a virtual Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' virtual forum on Aug. 28, a questioner asked Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), to elucidate, and this was the response. "Fires is one of the seven joint functions,"…