New report looks at U.S. options for potential escalating conflict in space

With Space Force leaders making the case that the service must grow to meet the demand of new threats, a recent workshop with 50 experts studied how those threats could impact American civilian and military capabilities as they escalate in severity and how the U.S. might respond to them.

The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence hosted the workshop in January and is releasing a 40-page report summarizing the results this week, coauthored by retired Cols. Charles Galbreath, Jennifer Reeves, and Kyle Pumroy.

The report includes six key findings and seven recommendations based on them, but the big picture takeaway, Galbreath told reporters on June 22, is that the threat, especially from China, is such that the Space Force needs sustained growth on top of the sizable increase being proposed for fiscal 2027.

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