Air Force Magazine:


Multilateralism and norms of behavior in the space domain should be prioritized in any future arms control negotiations, senior military leaders told Congress on June 15.

U.S. Northern Command boss Gen. Glen D. VanHerck and Deputy Commander for U.S. Space Command Lt. Gen. John Shaw both testified to a House Armed Services subcommittee as part of a hearing on the fiscal 2022 budget for missile defense programs, and both offered similar answers when asked by Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) what they would want discussed first in any negotiation.

“First of all, I think that any arms control discussion these days should not be unilaterally with a single country with the two peer competitors that we have. It would be nice to have that discussion with both Russia and China,” VanHerck said. “I do believe there’s opportunities to discuss arms, including non-kinetic, such as cyber and space, where we can establish lanes in the road, where I’m very concerned about unintentional escalation in those areas…”



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