
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Even though a reference architecture and implementation plan for a future homeland missile defense protection shield were due in late March, the mission analysis phase is ongoing and “we’re nowhere near ready,” the chief of the U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday. The planning includes an understanding of resource needs, existing programs, systems that are in development, and systems that need to be developed, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters. These elements are necessary to…