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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The demand for space and missile defense capabilities continues to grow in response to the complex array of challenges to our nation from foreign adversaries said the U.S. Army Space and Missile Command/Army Forces Strategic Command’s senior civilian leader.
James Johnson, USASMDC/ARSTRAT’s deputy to the commander discussed the increasingly complex threat environment during the AUSA Missile Symposium in Huntsville, July 10.
“Over the next 10 years we’ll no doubt expand the list of threat systems and capabilities we’ll need to defend against,” he said. “We have to sharpen our technical edge and ensure our lethality overmatch.”
Supporting those overmatch efforts, Johnson said SMDC provides critical technologies to address future needs that will enhance warfighter effectiveness. Technologies like the command’s high energy laser effort, microsatellite development and threat-representative low cost targets are key projects supporting Army modernization.
