Military.com – As military officials continue to call for a space-based sensor layer capable of detecting and tracking ballistic or hypersonic missiles, leaders also hope existing signal and surveillance systems aren’t neglected.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Air Force Gens. John Hyten, head of U.S. Strategic Command, and Terrence O’Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, said the Navy’s sea radars will be needed to thwart missiles headed for the United States.
“We need to go and invest ourselves and our ability to have, first, the domain awareness,” O’Shaughnessy said. “Right now, we need to invest in the IUSS. IUSS, which is our Integrated Undersea Surveillance System, which is atrophied as it relates to the continental U.S. and our ability to defend there.”
