
The Defense Department should invest more research-and-development funds toward efforts to eventually field a space-based early warning sensor layer in lower orbits, the U.S. military’s number-two general said Jan. 17. Speaking for the first time publicly in his role as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. John Hyten argued for more dollars to go toward testing new capabilities to help detect and defend against potential hypersonic missile strikes. “From my perspective, I would like to…