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Mission Analysis For Golden Dome Will Lay Foundation For Programs, Budget, Space Chief Says

Mission Analysis For Golden Dome Will Lay Foundation For Programs, Budget, Space Chief Says
Ground-based Midcourse Defense System Ground Based Interceptor (Photo: Defense Department)

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…

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