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U.S. Needs Partnership With Asia-Pacific Allies On MILSATCOM Issues, CSBA Says

Friday, September 20th, 2013

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The United States needs to engage Asia-Pacific partners, particularly in its protected military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) systems, as part of its “pivot” to the region, according to an analyst from a leading Washington think tank. Todd Harrison, from the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), said while it is great the Defense Department brought in international partners Canada, the Netherlands and United Kingdom for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) MILSATCOM program, the Pentagon should reach out to…

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